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Podcast: Decera Clinical Education Infectious Disease Podcast
Episode: Q&A on HIV PrEP: Episode 3 on Adolescents and Young Adults
Description: In this podcast, experts Sarah M. Wood, MD, MS, and Errol L. Fields, MD, PhD, MPH, discuss some of the challenges and concerns clinicians face when prescribing PrEP to adolescents. The faculty addresses the potential for adverse effects from PrEP, including the potential for renal impairment, decreased bone density, and whether PrEP can interfere with hormone therapy for gender-affirming care. They review the data behind these concerns and emphasize that the vast majority of adverse effects caused by PrEP are mild and reversible.The experts also examine common barriers that adolescents face when attempting to i...