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.

What is post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)? Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is a treatment you take after being exposed to HIV to prevent getting infected. It’s a combination of medications you take for 28 days. You must start it within 72 hours (three days) of being exposed to HIV for it to have the best chance of working.

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9月12日 · Post-exposure prophylaxis, or PEP, is a course of two or three drugs that will lower your chance of infection if you've been exposed to HIV. Learn about who PEP is for, when you should...

2024年12月2日 · PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) is medicine that prevents HIV after a possible exposure. PEP must be started within 72 hours (3 days) after a recent possible exposure to HIV. Talk right away to your health care provider, an emergency room doctor, or an urgent care provider about PEP if you think you've recently been exposed to HIV:

2025年3月31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.

2024年11月20日 · PEP stands for post-exposure prophylaxis. PEP is for people who have possibly been exposed to HIV. It is only for emergency situations. PEP must be started within 72 hours after a possible exposure to HIV. Who should consider taking PrEP? PrEP can help protect you if you don't have HIV and any of these applies to you:

Post-exposure prophylaxis, also known as post-exposure prevention (PEP), is any preventive medical treatment started after exposure to a pathogen in order to prevent the infection from occurring. It should be contrasted with pre-exposure prophylaxis, which is used before the patient has been exposed to the infective agent.

2024年7月22日 · PEP involves administering antiretroviral (ARV) medication after potential HIV exposure to prevent infection. Timely access to PEP is the most crucial factor in PEP effectiveness. PEP is most effective when initiated as soon as possible, ideally within 24 hours and no later than 72 hours after exposure.

PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) means taking medicine to prevent HIV after a possible exposure. 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 to HIV: if you’ve been sexually assaulted. The sooner you start PEP, the better.