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Reply To: Why does PrEP need regular blood tests?

night_bus 2 months ago

Several things at once. HIV testing regularly, because taking PrEP while unknowingly positive is the situation the schedule exists to prevent. Kidney function, because that is the main thing to keep an eye on with some regimens. And routine screening for other infections, since PrEP does nothing about those.

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