PrEP for Patients

Your PrEP Options

There are currently three forms of PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis medication to prevent HIV infection.) Which one is right for you?

The Three PrEP Medications

Transcript:
Dr. Raffaele Bernardo:

So there are currently three FDA-approved medications for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Two come in the form of pills.

Each of those is taken as one pill once a day every day, whether or not you’re having sex. Those two pills go by the brand names of Descovy and Truvada, and they’re both single tablets that are taken once a day every day.

The third is the first long-acting, injectable medication, called Apretude. Apretude is given in a provider’s office healthcare provider’s office. It’s given as an injection during one month, one month, two, and then every two months thereafter.

It reduces the need to remember to take a pill every day. It helps around the situation of disclosure, since you don’t have to, you don’t have to keep a medicine bottle around the house, and it minimizes the need for additional medications you have to take every day for those who are already taking several different medications. So it is a great option.