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Meds, Mind, Body & Benefits => Research News & Studies => Topic started by: Jim Allen on January 04, 2024, 07:57:25 am

Title: Oral PrEP can work just as well for women as men
Post by: Jim Allen on January 04, 2024, 07:57:25 am

Aidsmap article in full: https://www.aidsmap.com/news/dec-2023/oral-prep-can-work-just-well-women-men-modelling-studies-conclude

In Brief:

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Oral PrEP for people whose exposure to HIV is through vaginal sex is just as effective as it is for exposure through anal sex, two re-analyses of the data from PrEP efficacy trials conclude. Lower efficacy among cisgender women, and zero efficacy in a couple of large trials, is almost entirely due to differences in adherence – not to any biological differences in the way PrEP is taken up by women’s bodies, or by vaginal rather than rectal tissues.