{"id":86532,"date":"2023-03-27T14:58:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T14:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/uhs\/?page_id=86532"},"modified":"2023-11-09T17:46:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T17:46:21","slug":"prep-pep-uu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/uhs\/primary-care\/sexual-and-gender-health-services-old\/prep-pep-uu\/","title":{"rendered":"PrEP, PEP, &#038; U=U"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":86162,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/one-column.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-86532","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"SEXUAL AND GENDER HEALTH SERVICES","display_title":"","subtitle":"","call_to_action":"","hero_image_placement":"no_image","hero_media":"images","hero_pattern_option":"","hero_video":"","hero_image_landing":"","hero_image_landing_two":"","hero_image_landing_three":"","content_modules_above":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"","content":"<h4>PrEP and PEP<\/h4>\r\nThe UHS Primary Care Office offers\u00a0Prep Pre-exposure HIV Prophylaxis (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/hiv\/basics\/prep\/prep-decision.html\">PrEP<\/a>) and Post-exposure HIV Prophylaxis (PEP). PrEP is a prescription medication that can be taken routinely to help reduce your chances of getting HIV. It\u2019s typically one pill that you take once a day. PEP is the \u201cPlan B\u201d of HIV prevention \u2013 a course of medications taken for 1 month, starting within 3 days of a potential HIV exposure.\r\n\r\nWho should consider PrEP? If you\u2019re sexually active, you have (or anticipate to have) one or more partners that you don\u2019t know their HIV status, and you aren\u2019t always consistent about using condoms or other barriers every time you have sex, you might consider speaking to a provider about PrEP. Although PrEP is more heavily marketed to men who have sex with men, people of any gender identity and sexual orientation can take PrEP.\r\n\r\nIf you are interested in learning more about PrEP, beginning a PrEP prescription, or continuing to take it if it has already been prescribed to you, make an appointment with your UHS Primary Care Provider. PrEP patients meet with a\u00a0provider every three months (90 days) for follow-up care that may include things like blood tests, HIV &amp; STD screenings, and assessment of any drug side effects.\r\n\r\nIf you need a prescription for PEP, call UHS as soon as possible, as medications must be started within 72 hours of HIV exposure. PEP can also be obtained at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/pharmacy\/pharmacies\/strong-memorial-outpatient.aspx\">URMC Outpatient Pharmacy<\/a> 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and is only a very brief walk or shuttle ride away from campus. You do not need a prescription or appointment to start treatment through their pharmacy; call 585-275-4931 and ask to speak to a pharmacist if you have questions. Trillium Health also provides access to PEP 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; for this service, call 1-800-923-9394.\r\n\r\nUnder New York state law, health insurance plans purchased in NY must cover all visits, labs, and generic medication costs associated with PrEP and PEP with $0 cost to the patient. If you are on a plan from another state \u2013 such as your parents\u2019 insurance plan \u2013 coverage may vary; visits at UHS are always free and covered by your student health fee, but lab fees and medication copays are determined by your health insurance company. If you have a plan from outside of New York State and lab fees or medication costs are a concern, you can speak to your provider about assistance programs that may be able to help.\r\n<h4>U=U<\/h4>\r\nWhile we\u2019re talking about PrEP, PEP, and HIV prevention, it\u2019s also important to talk about ending HIV stigma. U=U means \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/diseases\/aids\/ending_the_epidemic\/docs\/u=u\/faq.pdf\">undetectable is untransmittable<\/a>\u201d -- If a person has HIV but they are consistent about taking their medications and they have been \u201cundetectable\u201d for at least 6 months, there is essentially no risk of sexual transmission of HIV.\r\n\r\nWhat does undetectable mean? If a person is taking medications to treat HIV, one of the tests that their providers might check is a \u201cviral load,\u201d which essentially measures how much HIV virus is in their blood.\u00a0 If they are consistent about taking their medications every day, the amount of virus typically eventually gets so low that we can\u2019t even find it; it\u2019s \u201cundetectable.\u201d\r\n\r\nWhat does untransmittable mean? There have been zero documented cases of sexual transmission of HIV from a person with an undetectable viral load. If a person stops their HIV medication regimen, the viral load increases and the risk of transmission returns. U=U, PrEP, PEP, condoms, testing, and talking to your partners about their HIV status are all ways to reduce HIV risk, and a person can choose to use all, some, or none of these methods.","background_color":"#ffffff","width":"width-medium"}],"sidebar":"show__sidebar","sidebar_feed":"menu_select","menu":"112","page_links":null,"sub_menu":"","content_modules":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PrEP, PEP, &amp; U=U - University Health Service<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/uhs\/primary-care\/sexual-and-gender-health-services-old\/prep-pep-uu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PrEP, PEP, &amp; U=U - University Health Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/uhs\/primary-care\/sexual-and-gender-health-services-old\/prep-pep-uu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"University Health Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-09T17:46:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/uhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Link-Preview-Health-Service-1200x630.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/uhs\\\/primary-care\\\/sexual-and-gender-health-services-old\\\/prep-pep-uu\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/uhs\\\/primary-care\\\/sexual-and-gender-health-services-old\\\/prep-pep-uu\\\/\",\"name\":\"PrEP, PEP, & U=U - University Health Service\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/uhs\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-27T14:58:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-09T17:46:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/uhs\\\/primary-care\\\/sexual-and-gender-health-services-old\\\/prep-pep-uu\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/uhs\\\/primary-care\\\/sexual-and-gender-health-services-old\\\/prep-pep-uu\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/uhs\\\/primary-care\\\/sexual-and-gender-health-services-old\\\/prep-pep-uu\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/uhs\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Primary Care\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/uhs\\\/primary-care\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Private: Sexual and Gender Health Services (OLD)\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/uhs\\\/?page_id=86162\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"PrEP, PEP, &#038; 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