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huckleberrysoap t1_izsqhmt wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in what's the difference between PrEP and PEP vaccine? Is it just about the timing? Is the course of antibiotics/vaccine administered the same? (e.g. PrEP and PEP anti rabies vaccine) by minarixyerin

OP used rabies as an example in general of something that has a PrEP/PEP protocol.

You basically told them that PrEP does not exist for rabies, and that is false. You also basically told them that PEP does not exist for HIV. That is also false.

This is not a matter of "semantics", it is matter accuracy and actually answering the question that was asked.

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minarixyerin OP t1_izxmed5 wrote

Hey, sorry for the late response! To clarify, is there a difference between PrEP and PEP anti-rabies vaccine (in terms of the number, course, and combination of antibiotics/vaccine)? TIA.

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huckleberrysoap t1_izxnk6q wrote

Yes. The PrEP protocol is 2 doses of vaccine (recently changed from 3 doses).

The PEP protocol is 4 doses of vaccine and if the person has not been vaccinated before they receive immunglobulin as well.

No antibiotics involved as rabies is a virus. A person might get antibiotics at the same time if there is concern for bacterial infection, but that would be unrelated to the concern for rabies exposure.

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