{"id":29048,"date":"2015-10-01T12:11:51","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T12:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/?p=29048"},"modified":"2015-10-21T08:41:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T08:41:21","slug":"i-base-qa-resources-on-prep-increased-use-of-off-label-prep-in-the-uk-shows-need-for-nhs-support-and-risk-to-pep-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/29048","title":{"rendered":"i-Base Q&A resources on PrEP: increased use of off-label PrEP in the UK shows need for NHS support and risk to PEP services"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simon Collins, HIV i-Base<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the announcement of the early results of the PROUD study in October 2014, the i-Base information service has received an increasing number of enquiries about PrEP.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This includes requests for information about accessing generic TDF\/FTC from online suppliers and on the data for different ways that PrEP can be taken. [1]<\/p>\n

Over the last year i-Base has increasingly heard about people accessing PrEP through PEP services, a practice that was highlighted again in a recent popular community blog. [2]<\/p>\n

This level of demand supports anecdotal reports that PrEP has been increasingly accessed and used with little or no medical support.<\/p>\n

In response, there are now five online Q&A pages that cover most of the questions that have been asked about PrEP. These may be useful referral links for clinics that are getting similar enquiries.<\/p>\n