UK guide to PrEP

Contents

  • Changes to this edition
  • Getting PrEP in the UK
  • What is PrEP: first questions
  • PrEP for women
  • PrEP for trans and non-binary people
  • PrEP and sex work
  • Buying PrEP in the UK, including online
  • Before you start PrEP
  • How to start and stop oral PrEP
  • Daily PrEP
  • Event-based PrEP
  • Event-based 2:1:1 dosing: sex once
  • Event-based 2:1:1 dosing: more sex
  • Event-based 2:7 dosing
  • Credits and further information

Written by Dan Clutterbuck, Simon Collins, Sheena McCormack, Achyuta Nori, Will Nutland, Greg Owen, Mags Portman*, Michelle Ross, Sophie Strachan, Martina Toby, Laura Waters, Ashwin Caffery and Aedan Wolton. Cover graphic: iwantPrEPnow.co.uk.

*This guide is dedicated to our inspirational co-author Dr Mags Portman who was a leading advocate for PrEP in the UK. Mags died from mesothelioma in February 2019 aged 44 and we miss her deeply.

Thanks to the Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust for help with printing.

ISSN 2398-6409 (i-Base, London, 10th edition, February 2024).

February 2024