huckleberrysoap

huckleberrysoap t1_izxnk6q wrote

Reply to comment by minarixyerin 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

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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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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huckleberrysoap t1_izsgk0j wrote

Reply to 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

I would imagine depends on the specific issue being prevented, but no, its not inherently just the same process with different timing.

For example, with rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis is a series of vaccinations. Post exposure prophylaxis is a series of vaccinations but is a different number of boosters AND (if the person has never vaccinated against rabies before) administration of rabies immunoglobulin

Timing is kind of the defining difference though since it's in the name.

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huckleberrysoap t1_izsg9sy 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

Your first point is incorrect. PrEP just refers to pre exposure prophylaxis and PEP to post exposure prophylaxis. They are not linked to specific diseases. Both rabies and HIV and have a PrEP and PEP protocol.

Your third point is also incorrect as a result because what PrEP/PEP is depends on the disease in question being prevented.

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