what is the drug to prevent hiv?
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Pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) is a way for people who do not have HIV but who are at very high risk of getting HIV to prevent HIV infection by taking a pill every day. The pill (brand name Truvada) contains two medicines (tenofovir and emtricitabine) that are used in combination with other medicines to treat HIV.
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Prevention. Today, more tools than ever are available to prevent HIV. You can use strategies such as abstinence (not having sex), limiting your number of sexual partners, never sharing needles, and using condoms the right way every time you have sex.
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ARV drugs keep HIV under control, but they don't stay in your body for a long time, so you have to keep topping them up. If you stop taking your HIV drugs, then your viral load will go up. This means HIV can damage your immune system, and that you are more likely to pass HIV on.
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['Get tested for HIV. ... ', 'Choose less risky sexual behaviors. ... ', 'Use condoms every time you have sex. ... ', 'Limit your number of sexual partners. ... ', 'Get tested and treated for STDs. ... ', 'Talk to your health care provider about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).']
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You can't transmit HIV if you take ARVs correctly and are virally suppressed. Zero risk of HIV transmission via condomless sex. That is what the world's largest study among HIV-positive gay men, who are on effective antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, has found.
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Efavirenz is used along with other medications to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Efavirenz is in a class of medications called non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs). It works by decreasing the amount of HIV in the blood.
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Tenvir EM is used to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 infection in adults and adolescents who are not HIV infected (i.e. HIV-negative) and are at high risk of getting infected with HIV. This is called pre- exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). It should be used in combination with safer sex practices (see section 2).
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['Having Unprotected Sex. Most people get HIV by having sex. ... ', 'Drug Use. Using needles to inject drugs makes your chances of HIV higher. ... ', 'Having Certain Health Problems. Having a sexually transmitted infection (STI) makes your risk of HIV higher. ... ', 'Blood Products. ... ', 'Having Certain Jobs. ... ', 'References.']
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["Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs or 'nukes').", 'Nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NtRTIs).', "Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs or 'non-nukes').", 'Protease inhibitors (PIs).', 'Fusion and entry inhibitors.', 'Integrase inhibitors.']
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['oseltamivir phosphate (available as a generic version or under the trade name Tamiflu®),', 'zanamivir (trade name Relenza®)', 'peramivir (trade name Rapivab®), and.', 'baloxavir marboxil (trade name Xofluza®).']
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It is commonly used in pregnancy and appears to be safe for the baby. ZDV is of the nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) class. It works by inhibiting the enzyme reverse transcriptase that HIV uses to make DNA and therefore decreases replication of the virus. Zidovudine was first described in 1964.
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Today, more tools than ever are available to prevent HIV. You can use strategies such as abstinence (not having sex), limiting your number of sexual partners, never sharing needles, and using condoms the right way every time you have sex.
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Chemokine receptor antagonists inhibit the entry of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) into the host cell. Two chemokine receptors, CXCR4 and CCR5, are necessary for the virus to enter the cell, so by inhibiting these chemokine receptors the disease can be slowed.
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Zidovudine (ZDV), also known as azidothymidine (AZT), is an antiretroviral medication used to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS. It is generally recommended for use with other antiretrovirals. It may be used to prevent mother-to-child spread during birth or after a needlestick injury or other potential exposure.
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The combination of emtricitabine and tenofovir is used along with other medications to treat HIV in adults and children. Emtricitabine and tenofovir is also used along with practicing safer sex to help prevent certain high-risk adults and teenagers from getting HIV.
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Treatment with HIV medicines (called antiretroviral therapy or ART) is recommended for everyone with HIV. HIV medicines help people with HIV live longer, healthier lives and reduce the risk of HIV transmission. The first step after testing positive for HIV is to see a health care provider, even if you don't feel sick.
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['simeprevir.', 'sofosbuvir.', 'a combination of ledipasvir and sofosbuvir.', 'a combination of ombitasvir, paritaprevir and ritonavir, taken with or without dasabuvir.', 'a combination of sofosbuvir and velpatasvir.', 'a combination of sofosbuvir, velpatasvir and voxilaprevir.']