1.Consistent Condom Use: Use condoms correctly and consistently during vaginal, anal, and oral sex to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancy. 2.Communication: Have open and honest conversations with your partner(s) ab...
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At least, under most circumstances. Unless you and your partner(s) are sexually monogamous and have all been tested recently, you should use condoms (or dental dams fororal) during anal sex to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections and HIV,Natasha Chinn, M.D., a New Jersey-bas...
A silicone-based lube will provide the necessary slickness and is safe to use with condoms. If you regularly engage in anal sex, particularly with gay or bisexual men who are not monogamous, you might also consider taking PrEP— pre-exposure prophylaxis. PrEP is a drug taken daily that can...
Cocaine-dependent adults and recreational cocaine users are more likely than controls to choose immediate unsafe sex over delayed safer sex. Cocaine users have a higher incidence of risky sexual behavior and HIV infection than nonusers. Our aim was to measure whether safer sex discount rates-a m...
Use injection drugs AND have an injection partner who has HIV Use injection drugs AND share syringes, needles, or other equipment used to inject drugs Have used Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) (which is a preventative drug started after the exposure of the virus. PrEP, on the other hand...
●Learn the right way to use an external condom (sometimes called a male condom) and an internal condom (sometimes called a female condom). Take PrEP ●PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is medicine people at risk for HIV take to prevent HIV. ...
It could be worth taking PrEP if: Your partner is HIV positive. You have multiple sex partners. You don't use condoms when you have sex. You've had a sexually transmitted infection (STI). You are an injection drug user. You have other reasons to think you are at risk for HIV. ...