San Francisco medical officials and researchers are at the forefront of the development of a pill that aims to reduce the transmission of three prominent sexually transmitted diseases . Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, otherwise known as Doxy-PEP, is an antibiotic that can reduce the risk of transmitting chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis if taken up to three days after having unprotected sex . It’s primarily for use in men who have sex with men and transgender women .
“San Francisco as a city was definitely an early adopter of Doxy-PEP,” said Dr. Oliver Bacon, the medical director of the San Francisco City Clinic with the Department of Public Health. The City, a decadeslong global leader in HIV/AIDS treatment finalized its guidelines on the drug in October 2022, and health providers began prescribing it a month later. Around 800 patients received the treatment in its first seven months, Bacon said. Although San Francisco and the treatment are on the cutting edge of preventing sexually transmitted infections, Doxy-PEP is not a new concept. Dr
San Francisco Pill Transmission Sexually Transmitted Diseases Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Doxy-PEP Antibiotic Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphilis Unprotected Sex Men Who Have Sex With Men Transgender Women
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