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Pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP)
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Pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) is a medicine taken to prevent getting HIV. PrEP is highly effective for preventing HIV when taken as prescribed. PrEP reduces the risk of getting HIV from sex by about 99%. PrEP reduces the risk of getting HIV from injection drug use by at least 74%.
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What are PrEP drugs?
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There are two pills approved for use as PrEP: Truvada® and Descovy®.
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Truvada® is for people at risk through sex or injection drug use.
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Descovy® is for people at risk through sex. Descovy is not for people assigned female at birth who are at risk for HIV through receptive vaginal sex.
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