A review and meta-analysis of data from 51 countries shows median tetracycline resistance in the bacterium that causes ...

An online survey conducted in the Netherlands suggests that informal use of doxycycline post-exposure and pre-exposure ...

New research analyzing an online survey of 1,633 respondents found a 15% recent use of doxycycline post- and pre‐exposure ...

DoxyPEP is short for Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis. It involves taking a single 200 mg dose of the antibiotic doxycycline within 72 hours of a sexual encounter to minimize the chances of ...

DoxyPEP is a new strategy for preventing STIs that involves taking a dose of doxycycline, a common and well-tolerated antibiotic medication, within 72 hours of sex.

Of nearly 12,000 people being treated for HIV, nearly one in five -- more than 2,250 -- received doxyPEP within its first year of availability, researchers found.. The team then looked at STI test ...

In San Francisco, cases of chlamydia and early syphilis fell steadily and were roughly halved at the 13-month mark after implementation of doxyPEP in the city, one report showed, while at Kaiser ...

The researchers found that 19.5% were dispensed doxyPEP, which was associated with older age (mean age, 40.4 vs 39.8 years), longer HIV PrEP use (mean, 4.2 vs 3.4 years), and a higher proportion ...

DoxyPEP offers a promising form of harm reduction. It’s cheap and well-tolerated, and it can easily be folded into many gay and bisexual men’s routines for receiving prescriptions to treat or ...

Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidelines for the use of doxycycline after sex — as post-exposure prophylaxis, or doxyPEP — to lower the risk of bacterial ...

It says that wider use of DoxyPEP could have “substantial benefits” for bringing down STI rates. San Francisco allowed clinics to start prescribing DoxyPEP in late 2022.

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