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New rapid guidance: Six-month oral PrEP prescribing

Medical and nurse practitioners can now prescribe up to a six-month supply of oral PrEP in the form of tenofovir disoproxil + emtricitabine on a single prescription following changes to the PBS. Read the rapid guidance here.

Patients with chronic renal failure

Patients without HIV infection and with established chronic renal failure, e.g. with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) that is stably less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 should not be prescribed PrEP. The only PrEP regimen proven effective to date and approved by the TGA is TD*/FTC, which is not indicated for those with chronic renal failure 34. However, if a patient with chronic renal failure is at substantial risk of HIV, their condition should be discussed with specialists in the management of HIV and renal disease.

HIV Guidelines

HIV Treatment and Management

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