{"id":3908,"date":"2021-12-14T12:15:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T10:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiv.ee\/sex-between-men\/hiv-profulaktika-prep-ja-pep\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T09:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T06:45:07","slug":"hiv-profulaktika-prep-ja-pep","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hiv.ee\/en\/sex-between-men\/hiv-profulaktika-prep-ja-pep\/","title":{"rendered":"HIV prophylaxis PrEP and PEP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If your risk of contracting HIV is high, e.g. you have a lot of casual partners, you could consider the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking this medicine significantly reduces the risk of HIV infection.  In the case of PrEP, ARV medication is taken for a long period of time, and treatment can be prescribed by infectious disease specialists, andrologists, dermatovenereologists, and gynecologists. PrEP is a prescription drug and you can get them with a discount if you have health insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As PrEP offers no protection against STDs, you also have to use a condom when using PrEP, as it gives you double protection, and get yourself regularly checked for STDs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiv.ee\/kaitse-ennast\/profulaktiline-ravi\/\"><strong>Read more about<\/strong><\/a><strong> PrEP.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Post-exposure prophylaxis or PEP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) is a short ARV treatment course to reduce and\/or avoid the risk of contracting HIV after high-risk exposure.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if you\u2019ve had unprotected intercourse without a condom and your partner has HIV or their behaviour is risky and they are unaware of their exact status. Contact an <a href=\"https:\/\/hiv.ee\/abikontaktid\/nakkushaiguste-arsti-vastuvott\/\"><strong>infectious disease specialist<\/strong><\/a> to get a prescription for the drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PEP is only prescribed in extraordinary situations. PEP is not meant for daily use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiv.ee\/kaitse-ennast\/profulaktiline-ravi\/\"><strong>Read more about<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;PEP.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP If your risk of contracting HIV is high, e.g. you have a lot of casual partners, you could consider the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP. Taking this medicine significantly reduces the risk of HIV infection. In the case of PrEP, ARV medication is taken for a long period of time, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":3823,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3908","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiv.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiv.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiv.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiv.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiv.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3908"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiv.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5923,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiv.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3908\/revisions\/5923"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiv.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiv.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}