What is PrEP?

PrEP means pre-exposure prophylaxis, and it's the use of medication - a pill each day - to protect you from HIV. Here's what you need to know about it.

[avarussurava]

The team that invented PrEP deserves a nobel prize 💯

[scottable]

This is ridiculously simplistic. I don’t have any greater understanding of how this drug works.

[charliec]

Imagine someone in the 1980s on their deathbed seeing this ad in 2020

[scottseptember]

Animation is a bit misleading. A combination pill containing Emtricitabine and Tenofovir DF is taken daily for HIV PrEP. Those 2 drugs don't block HIV from attaching or fusing with the cell. Attachment is inhibited by Maraviroc. FUsion is inhibited by EnFUvirtide. Therefore, HIV will still enter these CD4+ T helper cells unlike what's shown in the animation. But once HIV fuses with the cell, Emtricitabine and Tenofovir DF will prevent it from replicating (by competitively inhibiting HIV reverse transcriptase at the active site, therefore preventing the conversion of viral RNA to viral DNA).

[MarkFox]

I am so happy to live in the EU - we have a good access to testing. One HIV clinic is close to my home, the doctor is really supportive and gives me PrEP. Tests (non-anonymous) are covered by insurance, anonymous tests by NGOs.

[prettyboyerin]

I ain't heard about that until it was in the news last week.. I'm hiv negative and I'll be using these pills just in case a girl I start seeing have hiv

[herpderp]

How long does HIV live inside a host body taking PrEP while the virus can't replicate? Does the immune system kill it off immediately?

[shanesarabia]

Okay but we totally didn't even have prep yesterday. What are they talking about.

[davidalin]

In France it’s like we can take it 2 pills before exposure and 1 24h later and 1 48h later

[BostonPower]

4 YEARS OF BAREBACKING ON PREP WITH ZERO STDS (TESTED EVERY 3 MONTHS) .... JUST SAYIN....

[Clarrissaharrison]

I been on prep for almost two years I thank god my friend told me about it

[hubagacheri]

I have been using prep 4years now, is working very cool I love prep .I can't sleep without it.i choose to use prep not because I sleep around nope.is better than taking RVs.

[Laterjhonshow]

Yeah but the side effects are terrible, I’m losing weight and I have a lot of pain in my joints and bones

[KingAndrew]

So I’m a bit confused. Does does these meds protect the CD4T cell or does it disable the HIV virus cell cause those are two different things. From what I’ve read, it “corrupts” the virus cell in a way that prevents it from replicating once attached to immune system cell as opposed to protecting the immune system cell itself.

[Damarleylaing]

I love this ! Been on prep for a year ! Game changer

[bobgnops]

Wow why isn't that pill more popular than the new president we have. Everyone should be taking this pill. I just want to know if it's for straight men or just just gay

[mariomendoza]

This is a very good PreP informational video, however, it could have been better if it is presented by an HIV negative patient to make Prep ad more "POWERFUL".

[justintufono]

Actually it takes 7 days for this medication to reach the anal tissues and 20 days for that 99% protection. I read all the pamphlets haha

[Lollypop]

But wont your body get used to the drug after a while if your taking it everyday and stop being effective?

[wizboss]

So does prep even protect people who are HIV negative and don't take the pill? That's my question