Using a common antibiotic following sex can dramatically reduce a person's risk of some sexually transmitted infections, a ...

The early rollout of doxyPEP — a dose of the antibiotic doxycycline after sex — has contributed to a decline in sexually ...

Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) initiation is associated with decreases in sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis has the potential to substantially reduce real-world population-level incidence of ...

While the use of PrEP has helped drop the rates of HIV infections, instances of syphilis and chlamydia among queer men have ...

A new study tracked thousands of gay men taking PrEP and DoxyPEP.  A new study tracked thousands of gay men taking PrEP and ...

Quarterly syphilis rates decreased from 1.7% prior to doxyPEP availability to 0.3% afterward, while quarterly chlamydia rates declined from 9.6% to 2%. Quarterly gonorrhea infections dropped from 10.2 ...

It was published on Jan. 6 in JAMA Internal Medicine. DoxyPEP is a new strategy for preventing STIs that involves taking a dose of doxycycline, a common and well-tolerated antibiotic medication, ...

Substantial declines seen in chlamydia and syphilis incidence after initiation. (HealthDay News) — Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) initiation is associated with decreases in ...

Opens in a new tab or window A decrease in California's sexually transmitted infections (STIs) followed early real-world adoption of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP), suggesting ...