“PrEP” stands for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. The word “prophylaxis” means “to prevent or control the spread of an infection or disease.” PrEP is a way for people who don’t have HIV to prevent HIV infection by taking a pill every day. The pill contains two medicines that are also used to treat HIV. If you take PrEP and are exposed to HIV through sex or injection drug use, these medicines can work to keep the virus from taking hold in your body.
Along with other prevention methods like condoms, PrEP can offer good protection against HIV if taken every day.
People who use PrEP must be able to take the drug every day and to return to their health care provider every 3 months for a repeat HIV test, prescription refills, and follow-up.
The pill approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for daily use as PrEP for people at very high risk of getting HIV infection is called Truvada®. Truvada® is a combination of two HIV medications (tenofovir and emtricitabine). These medicines work by blocking important pathways that HIV uses to set up an infection. If you take PrEP daily, the presence of the medicine in your bloodstream can often stop HIV from taking hold and spreading in your body. If you do not take PrEP every day, there may not be enough medicine in your bloodstream to block the virus. PrEP can only be prescribed by a health care provider and must be taken as directed to work.
Along with other prevention methods like condoms, PrEP can offer good protection against HIV if taken every day.
People who use PrEP must be able to take the drug every day and to return to their health care provider every 3 months for a repeat HIV test, prescription refills, and follow-up.
The pill approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for daily use as PrEP for people at very high risk of getting HIV infection is called Truvada®. Truvada® is a combination of two HIV medications (tenofovir and emtricitabine). These medicines work by blocking important pathways that HIV uses to set up an infection. If you take PrEP daily, the presence of the medicine in your bloodstream can often stop HIV from taking hold and spreading in your body. If you do not take PrEP every day, there may not be enough medicine in your bloodstream to block the virus. PrEP can only be prescribed by a health care provider and must be taken as directed to work.
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by TomTheTruckdriver February 04, 2009
A mistake is that a prep is someone who shops at American Eagle, Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister and is involved in school sports and activites. A prep actuallyattends a prepatory school usually on the east coast comes from an old rich family and dresses in labels like Ralph Lauren, Juice, Dior, Lacoste etc. A prep wears sweater vests, plays tennis, is a country club member and is destined for a top Ivy League school. Preps are nice. They are smart and not dumb. They aren't sluts or ditzes and they DON'T care about emos or goths or geeks and they DONT talk bunk about them!
Prep #1- Hey what's up? Would you like to play tennis with me?
Prep #2- Yes, of course! I love your Dior sunglasses... J'adore Dior!
Non Prep- You guys are fags1
Prep #1- Leave us alone, please.
Prep #2- Yes, of course! I love your Dior sunglasses... J'adore Dior!
Non Prep- You guys are fags1
Prep #1- Leave us alone, please.
by TheClashLovinPrepOlive February 26, 2007
most preps will only shop in abercrombie and fitch, holister, american eagle, etc...and they think that goths worship the devil just because they have a different taste in clothing and different life style. in short, most preps are assholes.
AND to all the fat/chubby preps out there: stop wearing clothing where your ass and stomache are hanging out and just a word of advice; nobody wants to see that so wear clothing thats actually your size
AND to all the fat/chubby preps out there: stop wearing clothing where your ass and stomache are hanging out and just a word of advice; nobody wants to see that so wear clothing thats actually your size
by ...anonymous......... July 26, 2006
Someone that comes here to talk about how they don't wear Abercrombie, don't wear Hollister, live on the east coast, go to good colleges, and don't live in big houses (though they are rich?), and basically talk good about themselves because they are self-centered and insecure and stuck up little brats that have no life except to come online and type a million page definition on 'their kind'.
Person 1: Wow, look at this definition that this prep wrote about herself!
Person 2: Wow, she is such an annoying little bitch with no life, huh?
Person 2: Wow, she is such an annoying little bitch with no life, huh?
by GLOMPING FANGIRL. March 29, 2009
Preps are snoby bitches that can go fuck themselves. I have to say that because they are. They only care about themselves and talk shit about there own best friends. Their the ones that will be nice to your face and then talk shit about you behind your back. They think their all that and that everybody loves them and wants to be them. But thats not the case. I think its safe to say that nobody likes preps and people would never want to lower them selves that low. They think that what they wear is "cool" but really its gross. they wear the pants that are to small and then they have this discusting roll of fat hanging from the sides.
by Kara McConnachie May 05, 2005
people who think they own the world. they wear aeropostale, american eagle, hollister, etc. they act like the plastics on mean girls. think they can scare and intimidate people by sneering at them and whispering about how horrible they are when they say something a lot smarter than them. stupid, narrow-minded people. never give a care about anyone but their friends and themselves. usually rich but can be somewhat poorish. think everyone likes them but they really don't. are not all the same, but no one is really. think everyone is jealous and that they look hotter than everyone else when really a normal person, like me, can be a better model than the most popular girl in my school. get all egotistical when they accomplish something because they have the money to do it. act out in class and the teachers follow along to prevent being sued by rich parents.
girl: i wish these preps would stop talking about us. they do it every day, and i don't know why. it's not like we're bad people or anything.
guy: don't worry, they're just stupid, insecure people that think they own the world cuz they're rich.
guy: don't worry, they're just stupid, insecure people that think they own the world cuz they're rich.
by mel676 September 21, 2006