If you suspect HIV exposure, see a doctor or get medical attention right away if you can. To lower your risk of infection, ask your doctor if post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is an option for you.

On the other hand PEP is short for “Post-Exposure Prophylaxis” – an HIV prevention strategy in which HIV-negative people take anti-HIV medications after coming into contact with a ...

Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) can help reduce the risk of contracting HIV. A person can take PrEP before possible HIV exposure. It can be used as a long-term ...

Only one individual who received HIV post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) in Amsterdam between 2000 – 2003 subsequently tested HIV-positive, according to a paper published in the April 9 th edition of the ...

Having antiretrovirals on hand to take as post-exposure prophylaxis after potential HIV exposure, an approach known as PEP-in-pocket, or PIP, is a feasible prevention option, especially for people who ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new bill that will allow pharmacies to screen for HIV and administer a drug called post-exposure prophylaxis, also known as PEP. The drug helps to prevent the onset of ...

The role of PEP and PrEP According to Dr Andrew Kazibwe, the head of medical services at The Aids Support Organisation (TASO) Entebbe, there are HIV preventive prophylaxis that can help in ...

When a person is exposed to HIV, including through unprotected sex which is the commonest way the germ is transmitted, if infection takes place, within two to four weeks, one may then get flu-like ...