Daily oral PrEP
with Descovy®
- Use once every day.
- Sex without planning.
- Daily pill. May be more expensive than Truvada®.
A pill you take once a day to prevent HIV.
If you take the pill every day, it works extremely well.
It’s greater than 99% effective when used daily.
Anyone can use it.
Every day. Once a day.
You can remember to take the pill every day.
Sort of. It’s not advised to miss a dose, but things happen and missing a dose here and there is okay.
There are a few side effects.
Headaches, diarrhea, nausea, fatigue, and abdominal pain are common. They go away after a couple of weeks.
You could also experience an increase in cholesterol or blood pressure.
No need to plan sex around pill taking.
As a participant in the study, we will provide you with Descovy® at no cost.
But, when the study ends, the cost will depend on your insurance.
If you want PrEP as a pill, there’s even less chance of it affecting your kidneys and bones when compared to Truvada®.
The pill is also smaller than Truvada®.
If you already have a strong daily vitamin or medicine routine, you can add Descovy to it.
Alcohol and other drugs do not affect PrEP.
You can’t use it for on-demand PrEP.
It can cause you to gain a small amount of weight.
It’s a daily pill.
To say protected, you can’t forget it a lot.
As a daily pill, it can be less private than a shot.
Descovy® doesn’t affect hormone levels. There is no known effect of hormones on how well PrEP works.
Neither estradiol nor testosterone appear to change PrEP levels in the rectum.
Descovy® stops HIV from reproducing so it’s really difficult to infect you.
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