I have a friend who takes this; it's very expensive and insurance doesn't want to pay for it, but if you convince them that you're high enough risk ("oh, I just keep finding myself in strangers' beds, I love getting people's blood on me, and I'm just too dumb to remember to take a pill every day"), you can get it.

Normal PrEP actually puts you at greater risk if you forget to take it, so I'm really glad that the injectable one is an option. It's much more effective, too. I should see about trying to get on it soon...

> oh, I just keep finding myself in strangers' beds

Honestly, that‘s why I am taking daily prep. Can‘t trust my urges and I am tired of telling siri to remind me of a HIV test in 4 weeks…

Pretty sure you're still supposed to be testing - it's not 100% effective.

I am, since there are plenty of other things, all of which I had and you get tested in a whole package. You actually don’t get a new prep prescription without it, since they also do bloodworks for the kidney and liver. I always get tested at latest one month after my last sexual contact, unless it so happened I did not have any bare sex, wasn‘t on prep and don‘t need a new prescription. The non 100% effectiveness, honestly, I just don‘t even want to think about it…

Yeah, that's why I'm saying years long protection would be a huge shift from the current short term stuff.