DoxyPEP was found to be about 65% effective at reducing the incidence of gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis in a recent study. About 500 men who have sex with men and transgender women were ...

New research analyzing an online survey of 1,633 respondents found 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 ...

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 ...

DoxyPEP is short for Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis. It means taking the antibiotic doxycycline after a sexual encounter to minimize the chances of acquiring an STI such as gonorrhea or ...

Medicine may be about to achieve a long-sought goal: a “morning-after pill” to prevent sexually transmitted infections. It could sharply reduce soaring rates of illness and huge health care costs.

But DoxyPEP offers an immediate solution to an ongoing problem and could be pared back if antibiotic resistance emerges, Hazra said. “We are seeing rising rates of STIs across the board for ...

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 ...

Prescribing doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) to gay and bisexual men and transgender women after a sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis instead of focusing on specific ...

But insofar as the CDC’s proposed endorsement of DoxyPEP normalizes what to most people is distasteful conduct, and, by passing no explicit moral judgment on it, in effect asserts that it is ...

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.