It is used as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV infection. It is generally safe, but like all medication, it can have side effects in some people. Some of these side effects are usually ...

PrEP stops HIV from taking hold in your body and spreading ... gonorrhea and chlamydia is to wear a condom. What Are the Side Effects of PrEP? Side effects are few and usually go away.

A new survey finds that men who would be potential users of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication prefer long-acting injections over pills, but rank side effects and costs as the most ...

You can lower your chances of HIV even more if you take other safe-sex measures such as always using a condom. PrEP is safe. But like all medication, it can cause some unwanted side effects.

Descovy and Truvada may be prescribed for either: preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which is therapy to help prevent HIV, or HIV treatment It’s possible to have more side effects with Truvada than ...

In 2021, approval of cabotegravir (Apretude) as the first long-acting PrEP option provided patients an option to move from ...

Young men who have sex with men (YMSM) said the treatment’s efficacy was the most important feature injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), over side effects, cost, protection duration ...

"I've been in the HIV field for a really long time, and there's no other phase 3 PrEP trial that found zero ... she is waiting to see more details on side effects and tolerability, as well as ...

When Parrish Brown reassures patients nervous about regular injections to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted HIV ... side effects. He and his colleagues have been administering injectable ...

People on PrEP must get tested every three months to check for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections and monitor kidney side effects. However, activists and experts say many consumers are ...