I went 30 hrs after my exposure to the hospital and they gave me PEP (1 combivir and 2 kaletra twice per day) coming back to my country after 3 days i forgot the pills that i bought in switzerland and the doctor here suggested i take 1 atripla pill instead every night !!!
do you think this is feasible ( what is your assessment to the situation?!
Hi, thank you for your interest and answers. I took combivir since monday, having feeling nausea and diarrhea, but today the doctor decided to give me also Kaletra four pills a day. Isn't that too much?. I think i won't be able to endure so many drugs.., can you give me some advice about this, please ?
I had an episode of unprotected oral and protected vaginal sex with a Sex worker , originally from ukraine. During the short period of vaginal sex, the had come off once i removed my penis- the length of unprotected exposure was only short( < 3 mins). I am unaware of HIV status of Worker. I rinsed my penis and swabbed with alcohol after. I also commenced Truvada that evening ( approx 4 hrs post exposure) . Is this adequate . I have now been on it for a week .
Is combivir an appropriate HIV nPEP regimen for one time unprotected encounter with CSW of unknown status in Kenya? I'm a 24 yr male from UK. Insertive vaginal and oral. Asked about Kaletra and doc said it's low risk doesn't recommend, but I am still very worried. Started within 12 hours, but still within 72 if kaletra should be added. I feel terrible of course but appreciate any advice.
30am and 8:30pm along with Kaletra, is it ok to change this to say 6am and 6pm or will the moving around times effect their effectiveness at least on the day I changed the time of taking them?
Also will taking PEP have any long term side effects. It just that with all the sport I do I need to stay muscular, would PEP have any effect on this?
I'm currently taking Kaletra and Combivir.
1 Truvada and 2 Kaletra at 7am while 2 Kaletra at 7pm. Yesterday, I took 1 Truvada at 7am but since I was in a hurry after dinner, I accidentally took one more Truvada last night. I tried to vomit it up but I was able to vomit only a part (dissolved part) of it. Because of panic, I forgot to take Kaletra last night. I rushed to the A&E and asked the doctor's advice on what to do.
Since the chances a quite low Can I stop taking pep or can I stop kaletra and remain with truvada take it upto 28days.coz kaletra gives me diarrhea.
My sister-in-law is just above 10 years old. She takes Viread and Kaletra every day. My mother-in-law takes Videx EC and Ziagen. My mother-in-law is currently in Africa, and I've searched on the pills my sister-in-law is taking, and I found out that it was HIV treatment :'( I couldn't hold my tears, because I love her so much, and she is so young. I want to know what it means. Please tell me.
I had intercourse with a 10 dollar african american sex worker on July 19th, 2008. I have herpes and at the time I had a open sore on my penis. I wore a condom but it broke and I had unprotected sex with her for about 2-3 minutes. Once we were finished, I told her and she didn't even care.
10 hours later I was in the emergency room and 16 hours later I was given PEPs (sustiva and combivir). I developed 3 white spots on the shaft of my penis but they went away after 1 day.
Dear experts
I'm Now in Thailand for meeting. I came on 6th nov. this fateful night, I was dead drunk and brought a girl to my hotel room. I was so drunk that I fall asleep on my bed almost immediately.
I woke up when I felt I was given a blowjob. I thought nothing of it. Went back to sleep. Second time I woke up was a shock. The girl was actually a ladyboy and he was penetrating me. I was too late and she ejaculated inside me, with condom.
Hi everyone,
Last weekend (Saturday night - Sunday morning) I stupidly allowed myself to have unprotected aggressive-anal and passive/aggressive-oral sex. About an hour after I found out that the person has sex with people that have HIV. The person tried to assure me that they were clean, had an HIV test last March that came back negative, and that I was the first person they had sex with since November (as if March 2011 to November conveniently doesn't matter).
20 hours from the encounter i started up PEP( kaletra+ truvada), with the usual side effects + blood in the spitting ( a consequence of the deep throat or of the kaletra ? i noticed the blood only 1/2 days after the 1th assumption)
tomorrow morning the male of the couple promised me he's gonna test and show the result.
in case of negativity should i interrupt the treatment ? or i need both of them to be tested ?
I am a homo with a minimum sex encounters (less than once a year). I called a male escort were we had protected session. During the session the escort took-off the condom for 3 minutes and we had unprotected sex until i realized that & requested him to put it back. he didn't ejaculated inside me & afterwards i give him oral for few minutes then he mastributed for a few minutes until he finished (very few drops).
Welcome to the forum. Thanks for your question.
Congratulations for a responsible approach to sex with other men. You're doing everything right -- not only condom use for anal sex, but equally important, doing your best to determine your partners' HIV status and avoiding sex (I assume) with those who are infected (and not on treatment) or who don't know or are evasive about it.
Hi,
I am hoping someone can help calm my fears, although I know my risk is not small. Over the past two days, I engaged in the best sex...several times over, all unprotected...it was amazing and was the most wonderful time, with the most wonderful person who I have known and respected for years. At the end of day two, I found out that he's hiv positive. This was yesterday.
Last night I went to see an HIV Specialist, who returned to her office at 8:30 PM to see me and try to help me.
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