This updated edition includes new options that make PrEP easier to access and to take. The changes are based on new research about how PrEP works.
Everyone who can benefit from PrEP should now be able to get it. You no longer have to be at high risk.
Everyone now has the option to quick-start PrEP using a double first dose (two pills), working within two hours.
Event-based dosing can also now be used by everyone. This uses either 2:1:1 or 2:7 dosing.
New info covers starting and stopping PrEP and new versions of PrEP (TAF/FTC and injectables).
UK guidelines in 2024 might include additional recommendations that could make PrEP even easier. This includes that people who currently need 6-7 daily doses a week might only need 4 or more.
PrEP is now available free from sexual health clinics across the UK. It can also still be bought online.
These sites have more information, including on how to find a sexual health clinic by postcode.
Scotland: www.prep.scot
Wales: www.shwales.online/wales-prep-project.html
Northern Ireland: www.rainbow-project.org/prep
England: www.nhs.uk/service-search/other-services/HIV-testing/LocationSearch/418