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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

Whether you decide to continue to use condoms after starting PrEP is a personal decision. If you are taking PrEP you don't need to use condoms to add additional HIV prevention. PrEP is incredibly powerful at preventing HIV. However, PrEP won't protect against other STIs. Some people may keep condoms in the mix to prevent some other STIs or as contraception - to avoid pregnancy. Other people skip condoms and make sure they test, and notify their partners of any STIs that do p