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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 Jun 1;84(2):182–188. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002332

Table 3.

Patterns of non-daily PrEP use (N=176).

Non-daily PrEP regimen N (%) Examples
Only around the time of sex 85 (48.3) Two doses of PrEP in the 24 hours before sex and single doses for the two days after sex (i.e., 2-1-1)
One pill day before sex and one pill day after sex
One pill day of sex
On a regular schedule but not daily 42 (23.9) T and S (Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays)
Every other day
Fridays and Saturdays
Only for a few weeks at a time 34 (19.3)
Other non-daily regimen 14 (7.9) Daily when expecting sexual activity, otherwise every
other day
Take pills whenever I remember
Daily except when I have college classes

PrEP, preexposure prophylaxis. Follow-up questions on dosing regimens were not asked of those who reported using PrEP only for a few weeks at a time.