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Re:Alarming surge in drug-resistant HIV uncovered by martinald on Thursday August 01, 2019 @08:00AM (#20583015)
No per year per person. The NHS prescribes it long term for various high risk groups.

$6000 for a 'one off' course of treatment sounds very expensive.

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Re:Alarming surge in drug-resistant HIV uncovered by chimeracoder on Thursday August 01, 2019 @12:40PM (#20585576)
> No per year per person. The NHS prescribes it long term for various high risk groups.

The NHS does not prescribe PEP long-term for anyone.

For HIV+ people, it prescribes HAART, which everyone who has HIV should be on.

HIV- people can take PrEP, which is different from PEP and does not include any NNRTIs.

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