Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

 

What is PrEP?

PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is daily medicine that can reduce your chance of getting HIV. When taken every day as prescribed, it is more than 90% effective. It is not HIV treatment, and cannot be taken if you are already living with HIV.

While PrEP is a great tool to reduce your chance of getting HIV, it does not protect against other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). To reduce your risk for other STIs, it is recommended that you use other safer sex methods – such as internal and external condoms, dental dams or capes – while taking PrEP.

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Is PrEP right for me?

  • Do you have a sexual partner who is living with HIV?
  • Have you been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the last year?
  • Do you have more than one sexual partner?
  • Have you had vaginal and/or anal sex without condoms?
  • Have you exchanged sex for any reason?
  • Do you share needles?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then keep reading and consider talking to your healthcare provider about PrEP.