A study published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy analyzed data from men who have sex with men who were either living with HIV or using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. The researchers found that using doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) after unprotected sex significantly reduced the need for antibiotics to treat bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Between August 2022 and July 2024, 754 men in Italy were prescribed doxyPEP, and 222 (29.4%) reported using it during follow-up. …
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