Welcome To Your Guide For PrEP, PEP, & HIV Prevention

How to take PrEP when you are travelling across time lines.

How to safely restart PrEP if you have recently stopped.

PrEP。保护您免受艾滋病毒/艾滋病

有多种保护您免受艾滋病毒/艾滋病侵害的方法。最常见的方法是在发生性行为时使用避孕套。该视频向您展示了称为PrEP的另一种保护方法。

PrEP 是 Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (暴露前預防)的縮寫。 這是通過每天服用一粒藥片去保護您免受愛滋病病毒感染的一種方法。

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Great news that Descovy has now been officially approved by the US FDA as it’s 2nd form of HIV prevention medication: PrEP.
Press Release Here: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-second-drug-prevent-hiv-infection-part-ongoing-efforts-end-hiv-epidemic

Descovy has been shown effective in cis males as well as trans females. It has not been approved for cis females or trans males.

Opened a new box and the pills look different from last time? Don’t stress. This is normal, and your PrEP is still doing its job.

In Australia, PrEP is dispensed as a generic version of the original brand, Truvada. Different manufacturers make pills that can look a little different from each other, but every genuine generic contains the same active ingredients, tenofovir disoproxil and emtricitabine, the medicines that protect you against HIV. Studies in the UK have shown the generic versions work just as well as the original brand.

PrEP is a tablet when taken daily can reduce the risk of HIV infection by over 99%. To be most effective the it is recommended to take the tablet on a regular basis ie. each day.

Life can be hectic and for some a daily tablet can be tricky. A study at the City University of New York School of Public Health has identified 6 different ways to help ensure you are remembering your daily tablet:

Hey guys. It’s Dr. George here, and I’ve had a few inquiry from patients as well as people mentioning online, so I thought I’d make a quick video just to explain and answer these questions.

PrEP now that it’s available on the PBS. There have been some concerns about a change in the colour and the shape of the tablet.

So, there are three different versions of PrEP that are available under the PBS here in Australia.

Just received the question about whether PrEP protocols are going to change now that PrEP medications are covered under the Australian PBS?

To answer the question, no. All people on PrEP will still need regular STI screening and health checks every 3 months.

It’s important to get a quarterly appointment with your doctor for a new script and the following recommended testing:

• Throat & anal swabs as well as a urine test for Gonorrhoea & Chlamydia.
• Blood tests for HIV, Syphilis, hepatitis C as well as a health check of your kidneys.

I hope this helps clear up any questions.

Intermittent PrEP  also called “PrEP on demand” is a way to take PrEP medication if you find your level of sexual activity is infrequent, your risk of exposure is only for short periods of time – such as travel, or you have significant side effects from PrEP that make taking daily tablets undesirable. (1)

The iPerGay study showed that short term use of Truvada PrEP can be effective using the following schedule (2) for CIS males who have sex with other men:

How Is PrEP & Treatment As Prevention (TAsP) Different?

What is the difference between treatment as prevention and PrEP?

These are two important concepts when it comes to HIV, but also HIV prevention.
It is important that people are aware of the differences between the two.