HIV prevention medication is highly effective, but it can complicate blood donor screening

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1. 6d ago
   
   first The Conversation UK Health UK indie

   HIV prevention medication is highly effective, but it can complicate blood donor screening

   Blood donation rules account for medicines that can affect the tests used to detect HIV. Utoimage/Shutterstock Taking medicine to prevent HIV might seem a good reason to feel confident about being able or eligible to give blood. Yet people taking pre-exposure prophylaxis, known as Prep, cannot…

2. 6d ago
   
   Medical Xpress indie

   HIV prevention medication is highly effective, but it can complicate blood donor screening

   Taking medicine to prevent HIV might seem a good reason to feel confident about being able or eligible to give blood. Yet people taking pre-exposure prophylaxis, known as PrEP, cannot donate while using it and must wait for three months after their last dose before doing so.

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