PrEP

By Abbey Stanford
15 March 2024
1 minutes

Key points

PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is a medicine that can stop you from getting HIV.
PrEP doesn’t protect you from pregnancy or other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
In the UK, you can get PrEP for free from a sexual health clinic.
You can take PrEP for as long as you think you need it.

An information sheet about PrEP for young people. PrEP stands for ‘pre-exposure prophylaxis’. It’s a medicine that you take regularly which can stop you from getting HIV. PrEP can be helpful if the sex you’re having is not always as safe as you would like it to be, especially if you sometimes find it difficult to use condoms.

This page includes information about how to access PrEP as a teenager.

This information was put together by Chiva, in collaboration with aidsmap and supported by a ViiV Healthcare grant.

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Abbey Stanford

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Abbey is a freelance Health Editor who works on aidsmap's About HIV pages. She previously worked full time at aidsmap as an HIV Information Editor. She has also worked as a Specialist Health Editor for Bupa, creating and reviewing patient information, and at Flo Health, writing about menstrual health.