PCPs Provided Majority Of Prescriptions For HIV PrEP In The US, But Odds Of Patient Filling PrEP Prescription Were Better When Coming From An ID Specialist, Study Shows

MedPage Today (8/19, Kahn) reports, “Primary care practitioners (PCPs) provided the majority of prescriptions for HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the U.S., but the odds of patients filling a PrEP prescription were better when it came from an infectious disease (ID) specialist, according to a cross-sectional study.” However, investigators also observed that “nearly 20% of all PrEP prescriptions across all providers were never filled (i.e., prescription reversal) – a key measure of nonadherence.” The findings were published in JAMA Internal Medicine.