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New Protocol for HIV Prevention Drug Reduces The Number Of Pills Required

31 Jul, 2019 | 02:08h | UTC

New Protocol For HIV Prevention Drug Reduces The Number Of Pills Required – Kaiser Health News (free)

Related: British Guidelines on the Use of HIV Pre–exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) (several guidelines on the subject) AND USPSTF Statement: Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection (free guideline and commentaries)

“both organizations now endorse a strategy that requires taking just four pills timed to a specific sexual encounter — two within two to 24 hours before sex and one on each of the two following days… The new strategy, called “2-1-1” or “on-demand” PrEP, is becoming popular overseas but has gotten little traction in the United States thus far.”

 


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