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  • Posted By : Apicha Community Health Center
  • Posted On : Sep 08, 2015
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  • Category : General
  • Description : Apicha Community Health Center strongly support PrEP as a way for people with active sex lives to prevent HIV.
  • Location : New York City, NY, United States

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  • Among the many ways Apicha Community Health Center has served New York City’s LGBT community over the last 25 years is coming to sex parties for outreach and testing.   We know the group sex scene in New York City is active and its participants have special healthcare needs. 

    Our philosophy is we learn what our community needs from the members of these communities.  Since many of the LGBT communities special healthcare needs are related to sex, we make it a point talk to our patients about sex: how they are having sex, how often they’re having it, who they’re having it with, and how it fits in with the rest of their lives.

    While these conversations are happening, we’re staying on top of cutting edge health research.  We take what we learn from our patients and from healthcare research and apply it in ways that keep our community as healthy as possible.  

     This is a really long winded way to say, “Hey, guys.  We need to talk about PrEP.”  There are some aggressive awareness campaigns for PrEP going around right now, so you’ve probably heard about Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP).  In case you haven’t, it’s a daily pill you take to keep from getting HIV


    PrEP Basics:

    If you’re HIV negative, PrEP is something you should think about taking. PrEP is recommended for negative men who are having sex with at least one other man.  As you’re reading a group sex blog, we’re making the assumption you’re having sex with at least one person.  

    The reason is simple, it works.  A recent study was released that followed 650 guys on PrEP over three years.   In that time, no one got an HIV infection.  We can’t say PrEP works 100% of the time, but we can say it seems to be doing its job.    (If you are curious about the actual percentage, New York State Department of Health currently says PrEP is 95% effective).

    In addition to taking daily, in our experience, PrEP works best when part of regular, ongoing healthcare. 

    You should know that there are a few side effects (most of them mild and disappear within the first few weeks).  But, this is a group sex blog and probably isn’t the right place for that conversation.  That said, it’s definitely something you should talk about with a medical provider. 

    PrEP and Condoms:

    To paraphrase the message of the “Safer Sex in the City” blog, anytime a multitude of cocks get stuck unprotected into a multitude of asses where they will then, in turn, get blown by a multitude of mouths, there is no way around it, shit is going to get passed around.  

    This is absolutely true (syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia rates are high in NYC right now) and because PrEP doesn’t work 100% of the time, you should strongly consider using condoms—especially when you’re having sex with more than one person.      

    It’s definitely worth mentioning that you can get syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia even when you do use a condom because all of these diseases are transmitted through oral sex.  So, if you’ve been having sex with a lot of different people, you should get tested for these diseases.  You can get tested at your medical provider, one of the city’s STD clinics, or you can come into Apicha Community Health Center

    If you get prescribed PrEP, you and your medical provider can work out what’s the best way to pay for it.  Depending on your income, New York State may cover some of the cost and Gilead has a co-pay assistance program for the pill. 

    How to get PrEP:

    If you’re curious about PrEP and have questions, talk to your medical provider.  If you don’t have a medical provider (and live in NYC) or your medical provider won’t talk about PrEP, feel free to make an appointment with Apicha Community Health Center.   We strongly support PrEP as a way to prevent HIV and are happy to discuss becoming a patient with you.