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  1. Aug 14, 2024 · Healthcare providers can use CDC guidelines to prescribe doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxy PEP) to prevent bacterial STIs. Discuss the pros and cons of doxy PEP with gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men and transgender women who had a bacterial STI in the last year.

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  3. Jun 4, 2024 · Doxy PEP has proven to reduce the risk of getting a bacterial STI for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men and transgender women at increased risk for these infections (specifically, syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhea).

  4. Jun 5, 2024 · Doxycycline is a broad-spectrum, tetracycline antibiotic that may be taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex to help prevent common bacterial STDs (sexually transmitted diseases), such as syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea.

  5. Jul 13, 2023 · Take a single dose of doxycycline as soon as possible but no more than 72 hours after having condomless sex to reduce the risk of three STIs: syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia. Doxy-PEP is usually given as two,100-milligram pills or one 200-milligrams tablet.

  6. May 23, 2024 · Provides tables of evidence in the use of Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for bacterial STI prevention.

  7. Common uses include treatment of chlamydia, syphilis, respiratory infections, and skin and soft tissue infections. Doxycycline has also been used as both a PrEP and PEP agent for certain bacterial and parasitic infections, including Lyme disease, leptospirosis, and malaria [Grant, et al. 2020].

  8. Apr 5, 2023 · Doxycycline to Prevent Bacterial STIs. 2m 19s. Rates of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are increasing in the United States, 1 with cisgender men who have sex with men (MSM)...

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