DoxyPEP stands for doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). It’s a new tool that can help prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including: chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhoea.
Doxycycline is already used in the USA as post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent certain diseases - like Lyme disease and Weil’s disease - after suspected exposure. Now we have evidence that it works for STIs too!
This guide is for anyone who wants to learn more about DoxyPEP - whether they are already using it, thinking about using it, or thinking about recommending it to a friend. The rest of this guide provides helpful information about how DoxyPEP works, how to use it (safely) and how to access it.
✺ The Love Tank would like to acknowledge the work of researchers, clinicians and frontline workers - as well as the experiences of communities and people who are using DoxyPEP - that informed this guide.
Credits
RESEARCHED, WRITTEN, AND PUBLISHED BY
The Love Tank CIC, London, UK
TEXT BY
Dr. Benjamin Weil
EDITED BY
Dr. Will Nutland
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
Lynne Zakhour
DESIGN BY
Richard Kahwagi
The Love Tank would like to acknowledge the work of researchers, clinicians and frontline workers - as well as the experiences of communities and people who are using DoxyPEP - that informed this guide.
Thank you also to Dr Manik Kohli who provided valuable input and oversight at crucial stages of its creation.
The development of this guide was generously supported by the University of Sussex’s Wellcome Trust funded project AMR Interrupted (grant number 214954/Z/18/Z), with special thanks to Professor Catherine Will and Dr Beckie Irons.