Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis and Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Individuals Using HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis
Traeger MW, Leyden W, Volk JE, Silverberg MJ, Horberg MA, Davis TL, Mayer KH, Krakower DS, Young JG, Jenness SM, Marcus JL
This is a study to understand risk for sexually transmitted infections among adults who were members of Kaiser Permanente (2022-2023) and used medical HIV prevention (PrEP). Our goal was to understand the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for people using PrEP to prevent HIV and DoxyPEP to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs). People who took doxycycline (doxyPEP) after being exposed to an STI had lower rates of getting an STI compared to people who did not take doxyPEP. DoxyPEP can help stop transmission of STIs and if it is used more widely.