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

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

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

Both studies in JAMA Internal Medicine supported the rising profile of doxyPEP as a way to counter the epidemic of syphilis, ...

Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis initiation is associated with decreases in sexually transmitted infections.

The rates of chlamydia and syphilis declined dramatically among individuals living with HIV who were prescribed doxycycline ...

A new study has found that rates of chlamydia and syphilis plummet among people prescribed doxycycline for sexually ...

A study says that taking DoxyPEP reduced the incidence of chlamydia and syphilis by around 80%. DoxyPEP is short for Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis. It involves taking a single 200 mg dose ...

A new study in JAMA Internal Medicine led by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute examined whether doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) was associated with declines in bacterial ...

"These findings suggest that doxyPEP may offer substantial benefits for reducing population-level STI transmission with broader implementation." HealthDay News — Doxycycline postexposure ...

This is one of the first real-world studies to show the effectiveness of the tactic called doxyPEP, for doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, researchers said. "Interventions that are effective ...

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 ...