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Treatment After Exposure to HIV (October 23, 2008)
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From AIDS InfoNet
Before and After: PrEP and PEP (Summer 2007)
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Non-Occupational Post Exposure Prevention: When You Think You Were Exposed to HIV Within the Past Three Days (May 2007)
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From Project Inform
Talking to Your Doctor About nPEP (May 2007)
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From Project Inform
HIV Antiretroviral Postexposure Prophylaxis: A Cautionary Note (PDF) (November 15, 2005)
An editorial comment from Myron S. Cohen, Angela D. M. Kashuba and Cynthia Gay.
In Clinical Infectious Diseases
True Tales of Post-Exposure Prophylaxis After Unsafe Sex (July/August 2005)
PEP provider Mark Hodar talks about this method of prevention, and Steve, a person who took PEP, describes his experience.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
PEP: Lowering the Risk of HIV After Sex or Other Exposure (March/April 2005)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Prophylaxis Following Nonoccupational Exposure to HIV (April 2003)
This detailed review of post-exposure prevention strategies is part of a comprehensive, online textbook on HIV disease provided by the University of California-San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.
From HIV InSite
What You Should Know About . . . PEP! (The "Morning After" Pill) (February 2001)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Nevirapine Warning on Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (January 12, 2001)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Adverse Events for PEP Attributed to Nevirapine (January 5, 2001)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Issues in HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis (Summer 2000)
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
CDC Establishes Non-occupational Post-exposure Prevention Registry (April 14, 2000)
In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
Post-Exposure Prevention (April 2000)
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Talk (July/August 1999)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Post-Exposure Prevention; What to Do If the Condom Breaks? (September 4, 1998)
From AIDS Treatment News
Public Health Services Report: Use of Post-Exposure Antiretroviral Therapy for Non-Occupational Exposures Remains Unproven (September 1998)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
What is Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)? (Fall 1998)
In CRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis For Sexual Exposures (June 1998)
From Rick Sowadsky, M.S.P.H.
Prophylaxis Following Sexual Exposure to HIV (June 1998)
In HIV Newsline, from San Francisco General Hospital
PEPping Up Your HIV Defenses (May 1998)
More on post-exposure prophylaxsis.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis

Resources

Post-Exposure Prevention for Sexual or Needle Exposure Opens in New York (January 21, 2000)
From AIDS Treatment News
There's Got to Be a Morning After (June 1997)
Morning-after clinics open in San Francisco.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive

Research

Over Half of Trainee Surgeons in U.S. Don't Report Needlestick Injuries (June 28, 2008)
From aidsmap.com
"Well, You Can Do Something About it, There's PEP" -- HIV-Positive Gay Men Have Role in Telling Partners About PEP (November 5, 2007)
From aidsmap.com
IAS: Randomised Comparison Concludes d4T More Tolerable Than AZT in Triple Nuke PEP Regimen (July 23, 2007)
From aidsmap.com
Be Careful if Using Fosamprenavir/Ritonavir for PEP, and Did HCV Mean That PEP for HIV Failed? (January 31, 2007)
From aidsmap.com
Clinicians' Editorials Debate Promotion of HIV Treatment After Risky Sex (July 1, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Post-Exposure HIV Prophylaxis: Two-Step Regimen Appears Safe, Effective (November 29, 2004)
French researchers investigate a four-day course of nevirapine (Viramune) followed by a month of treatment on two NRTIs.
From aidsmap.com
Nevirapine Should Not Be Used for PEP, Confirms U.S. Review (February 2, 2004)
From aidsmap.com
Short Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in Newborn Babies to Reduce Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1: NVAZ Randomized Clinical Trial (November 2003)
Abstract of a study in the Lancet.
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
Kids' Risk of HIV After Accidental Exposure Is Low (June 4, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Australian Study Finds Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Could Stop Spread of HIV in Jail (June 3, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Adherence to Combivir as Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in Non-Occupational HIV Exposures (July 8, 2002)
In The XIV International AIDS Conference, from The Body PRO
Ask Dr. Jeff: Is There a "Morning-After" Pill for HIV Exposure? (Spring 2002)
In STEP Perspective, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
Morning-After HIV Drugs Backed at Retrovirus Conference (March 1, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Disclosure of HIV Status to Sexual Partners and Association With Condom Use (October 27, 2001)
In 39th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, from The Body PRO
Feasibility of Postexposure Prophylaxis Against Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection After Sexual or Injection Drug Use Exposure: The San Francisco PEP Study (March 29, 2001)
From AIDS Education Training Center
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) for Sexual Exposure to HIV Does Not Lead to Increases in High Risk Behavior: The San Francisco PEP Project (February 5, 2001)
In The 8th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
Post Sexual-Exposure Prophylaxis with HAART After Sexual Assaults (July 12, 2000)
In The XIII International AIDS Conference, from The Body PRO
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (July 11, 2000)
In The XIII International AIDS Conference, from The Body PRO
Postexposure Prophylaxis After Nonoccupational HIV Exposure: Clinical, Ethical, and Policy Considerations (November 25, 1998)
In Journal of the American Medical Association
Non-Occupational Post-Exposure Prophylaxis vs. HIV in a Boston Community Health Center (November 13, 1998)
In The 36th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, from The Body PRO

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