What is PrEP?

PrEP stands for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. An HIV-negative person takes pills (developed to treat people with HIV) regularly to reduce their risk of HIV infection. Several studies show that PrEP works. PrEP is currently only available in the UK to people…

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What is PEP?

Post Exposure Prophylaxis, or PEP, is a course of HIV medication which you can take if you have been at risk of HIV infection. The course of medication lasts 28 days and, if you start taking it within 72 hours…

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What is my risk of HIV?

General risks are not very helpful for individual circumstances for two reasons. If you have had any risk that is, for example, 1 in 1000, you still need to test to know your result. This remains true whether the risk…

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Do I have HIV?

The only way for you to know this is for you to take an HIV test. There is lots of information about risk, but unless your risk is zero, which is sometimes the case, you need to test to find…

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