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2. Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention - Wikipedia

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   Tablets of Truvada, a tenofovir/emtricitabine combination used for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention, commonly known as PrEP, is the use of antiviral drugs as a strategy for the prevention of HIV/AIDS by people that do not yet have HIV/AIDS. [1]

3. Pre-exposure prophylaxis - Wikipedia

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   The abbreviation PrEP now typically refers to pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention, the use of antiviral drugs as a strategy for the prevention of HIV/AIDS. [2] PrEP is one of a number of HIV prevention strategies for people who are HIV negative but who have a higher risk of acquiring HIV, including sexually active adults at increased risk of contracting HIV, people who engage in ...

4. New Science May Finally Outsmart the HIV Virus - AOL

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   HIV infections still happen despite a paradigm shift in prevention over the past decade: the advent of pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP. In 2012, the FDA approved the first PrEP medication for ...

5. HIV is no longer a death sentence. But why is a viable cure ...

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   PrEP is pre-exposure prophylaxis. It's to prevent someone from getting HIV, as opposed to antivirals that treat someone already infected with HIV, although the actual drugs are the same.

6. Emtricitabine/tenofovir - Wikipedia

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   Effectiveness of PrEP for prevention of infection is reliant on an individual's ability to take the medication consistently. [20] Emtricitabine/tenofovir is also used for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis. People who start taking emtricitabine/tenofovir see HIV reduction benefits up to 72 hours after starting, but the medicine must be taken for ...

7. Gilead Sciences, US government settle patent case over HIV ...

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   The lawsuit claimed Gilead "exaggerated" its role in developing the drug's HIV-prevention regimen, known as PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, ignored the CDC's contributions and refused to ...