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How PrEP Helps Prevent HIV for High-Risk Individuals
Learn who should take PrEP and how it works to help prevent HIV.
Written by Hilary Weissman | Reviewed by Alexandra Schwarz, MD
Updated on July 29, 2023Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a preventive medication for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). PrEP can actually help prevent someone from getting HIV if they are exposed to the virus during unprotected sex, drug use, or other means.
In this video, learn who should consider taking PrEP, and how it works to prevent HIV, according to Stella Safo, MD, HIV Internist at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine.
Additional Medical Contributors
- Stella Safo, MD, MPHStella A. Safo, MD, MPH, is an HIV primary care physician and assistant professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital.
References
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022). PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis).
MedlinePlus. (2023). HIV: PrEP and PEP.
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (2020). Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce HIV risk.
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