2025年2月10日 · PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) is the use of antiretroviral medication to prevent HIV in a person without HIV who may have been recently exposed to HIV. Exposure typically occurs through sex or sharing syringes (or other injection equipment) with someone who has or might have HIV.

2025年1月31日 · HIV PEP, or post-exposure prophylaxis, is a short course of HIV medicines taken very soon after a possible exposure to HIV to prevent the virus from taking hold in your body. You must start it within 72 hours (3 days) after a possible exposure to HIV, or it won’t work.

2024年2月6日 · Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) means taking HIV medicines within 72 hours (3 days) after a possible exposure to HIV to prevent HIV. PEP should be used only in emergency situations. It is not meant for regular use by people who may be exposed to HIV frequently.

PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) can be used to prevent HIV after a specific, high-risk exposure to HIV. By familiarizing yourself with PEP, you can help protect your patients from HIV.

2023年9月18日 · Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is a combination of medications you take after exposure to HIV to prevent infection. You must start within 72 hours of exposure.

What is PEP? PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) means taking medicine to prevent HIV after a possible exposure. PEP Must Be Started Within 72 Hours of Possible Exposure to HIV. Talk right away (within 72 hours) to your health care provider, an emergency room doctor, or an urgent care provider about PEP if you think you’ve recently been exposed ...

2024年9月12日 · Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is a medicine that helps lower your chances of getting HIV. You take it to stop the virus after you might have been exposed through sex or drug use.

2021年5月13日 · PEP is a combination of antiretroviral drugs taken after a potential HIV exposure as an emergency method of preventing HIV transmission. We discuss what PEP is, doses, risks, and more.

After an exposure has occurred, HIV infection can be prevented with rapid administration of ARV medications as PEP. The first dose of PEP should be administered within 2 hours of an exposure (ideal) and no later than 72 hours after an exposure.

HIV PEP is the use of ARV medication to prevent acquisition of HIV after a possible exposure. PEP works by halting viral replication and preventing establishment of a persistent infection during the brief interval after the virus has entered the body but before it …