Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Mar 2022
Doctors break rules for prescribing safe-sex drug as PHARMAC considers change
22 March 2022 - Doctors flagrantly broke rules for prescribing a safe-sex drug during 2021 COVID-19 lockdowns.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, better known as PrEP, can reduce the risk of being infected with HIV by 99%. It is funded for some people in three month supplies, but among PHARMAC's requirements is that the patient must have had unprotected receptive anal intercourse with a casual partner in the previous three months.
PHARMAC received advice 18 months ago to change the prescription requirements but are yet to do so.
