This is a real story - the first in an ongoing series - from someone who has chosen to use PrEP* as one way to protect himself from HIV.
Click here to pull up all the My PrEP Experience stories posted on LifeLube, including video and written testimonials, from other people sharing their PrEP experiences.
Please feel free to share your reactions in the comments section.
And if you have used PrEP, we invite you to share your PrEP experience by video, or in writing. Why did you make the decision to use PrEP? What were some of the challenges you faced in making this decision? How is taking PrEP working out for you? How has it impacted your life? Send video or audio links and/or text to myprepexperience@gmail.com and we will post them here, on LifeLube. You can include your name, or you may contribute to My PrEP Experience anonymously.
Your voice is important! Please consider sharing your personal experience with PrEP at My PrEP Experience.
And click here for the My PrEP Experience YouTube channel.
Click here to pull up all the My PrEP Experience stories posted on LifeLube, including video and written testimonials, from other people sharing their PrEP experiences.
Please feel free to share your reactions in the comments section.
And if you have used PrEP, we invite you to share your PrEP experience by video, or in writing. Why did you make the decision to use PrEP? What were some of the challenges you faced in making this decision? How is taking PrEP working out for you? How has it impacted your life? Send video or audio links and/or text to myprepexperience@gmail.com and we will post them here, on LifeLube. You can include your name, or you may contribute to My PrEP Experience anonymously.
Your voice is important! Please consider sharing your personal experience with PrEP at My PrEP Experience.
*Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, or PrEP, is a new HIV prevention strategy in which HIV-negative people use HIV antiretrovirals (ARVs), drugs usually used to treat HIV infection, to reduce their risk of becoming infected with HIV. Trials among gay men, other men who have sex with men as well as heterosexuals,have shown that PrEP can reduce HIV infection risk – especially when PrEP is taken consistently, and if condoms and other safer sex strategies are used as well. Another study is now underway to test if PrEP works among injection drug users with results expected in 2012.
For more information on PrEP and other new prevention technologies, visit AVAC.org. To learn about rectal microbicides – new prevention technologies that could be delivered via lubricants or rectal douches for people who engage in anal intercourse, visit IRMA – International Rectal Microbicide Advocates.Click here to pull up all the My PrEP Experience posts, including video and written testimonials.
And click here for the My PrEP Experience YouTube channel.
Rico, thanks for coming out of the PrEP closet!
ReplyDeleteThis is an excellent way for people to become more informed about the pros and cons of PrEP, and to start the conversation about the way it might potentially be used in real world situations...thanks, Rico, for sharing your story!
ReplyDeleteTotally Great blog post. You have gained a completely new reader. Pls continue this great work and I look forward to more of your great posts.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this Rico - really appreciate hearing about your experience.
ReplyDelete