AIDS Therapies

Postexposure Prophylaxis Feasible And Effective

Published in AIDS Weekly, April 2nd, 2001

by Michael Greer, staff medical writer - Researchers in California say that postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) - treatment given to prevent HIV infection after possible exposure - can help prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS.

J.O. Kahn and colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco, evaluated the results of administering HIV inhibitors to patients reporting high-risk behavior. The results of their research were published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

After six months, they found that not a single patient out of the more than 400 studied had developed HIV infection after PEP treatment.

The PEP regimen...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2001-04-02)

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