Using PrEP

You've probably seen the familiar blue Truvada branded PrEP pill. If you search online for PrEP images you’ll probably see a whole bunch of blue PrEP pills scattered about, something like this: The reason the ‘little blue PrEP pill’ is so popular is because the company that first produced the drug approved for use as PrEP was Gilead - and they named their pill Truvada. That pill was the shade of blue you see everywhere. But, did you know other companies make the same medicat

NOT SURE ABOUT TAKING YOUR PREP EVERY SINGLE DAY? There are more ways to use PrEP than we knew about when we first discovered PrEP as an effective HIV prevention tool. Which means, depending on your lifestyle and your body - there may be different convenient ways to get protected. DAILY PrEP PrEP is an effective tool for most people wanting to remain HIV negative. For the majority of people - taking a daily pill for round the clock protection is a simple and effective way to

What is Descovy? Descovy and Truvada are both anti-retrovirals HIV medications. Truvada has been used to prevent HIV as PrEP since it was approved in 2012, and Descovy was approved by the U.S. FDA in 2019 for use as PrEP [1]. What’s the difference? Descovy and Truvada are both a single pill made up of two drugs, emtracitabine and tenofovir. In Descovy, the tenofovir is slightly different (referred to as TAF vs the TDF in Truvada). TAF works well even when there is less of it,

Have you ever wondered about what happens to medication when it’s damaged? Occasionally, we hear reports of some generic medicines in Australia splitting, separating, or becoming damaged. Sometimes this is because they get exposed to moisture in the air, or removed from their packaging. Sometimes this can be an overactive ingredient in the medication. We had a chat with one of the generic PrEP manufacturers to find out what to do if you experience this. We can advise the foll