Originally posted on news@JAMA:
The CDC has released its first set of comprehensive guidelines for preexposure prophylaxis (taking a daily pill that contains 2 anti-HIV drugs) for the prevention of HIV infection in high-risk individuals. Image: Gilead.
Physicians should consider prescribing antiretroviral medication to individuals who are not infected with HIV but are at high risk of infection, according to a new set of comprehensive guidelines released this week by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
This approach, called preexposure prophylaxis, involves individuals who are not infected with HIV taking daily antiretroviral (anti-HIV) medications to prevent infection. Numerous clinical studies have shown this approach to dramatically reduce the chance of HIV infection in certain high-risk groups, such as men who have sex with men, people who are HIV negative but are in an ongoing relationship with a partner who is HIV positive, and people who use injection drugs.
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