Hi I have read loads of posts none directly relate to my case so a response will be very much appreciated. I have had a stupid drunken encounter with a sexworker in Thailand It was penetrative hero (i was insertive) twice when I sobered up the next day I noticed rashes on her skin. So I got her tested she was HIV+ so I initiated 3X ARV at the 20 Hr mark. 2 weeks after I have ARS (night sweats, flu like symptoms, swollen lymph nodes) so I got a quantitive PCR which came back negative.
I have done a bit of reading about HIV and discovered that the main type in Thailand is E which is apparently easier to transfer through heterosexual intercourse. Is this true or not? I've read that it's about 1 in 1000 of passing on HIV but does this apply to type E?
Since coming back I have also started PEP drugs, Combivir and Kaletra. This was within about 70 hours of the first incident and 46 hours of the second.
I had a drunken night in Thailand and ended up having sex with a Sex Worker on 2/26/14 (first and only time). I know that I used a condom (but not while receiving oral sex). I am not sure, but don't believe condom broke. I remember her touching herself while applying lubricant and shortly thereafter she scratched me with her fingernail on my hand causing me to bleed a bit.
When I came back to the US, the first Dr.
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.
I have done a bit of reading about HIV and discovered that the main type in Thailand is E which is apparently easier to transfer through heterosexual intercourse, as it doesn't require cuts to pass it on as other types of HIV do. Is this true or not? I've read that it's about 1 in 1000 of passing on HIV but does this apply to type E and if not do you have a more accurate figure?
Since coming back I have also started PEP drugs, Combivir and Kaletra.
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.
Started PEP at roughly 56 hours, was prescribed Truvada and Kaletra (those orange ones). However in such panic I took the one Truvada and stupidly only one Kaletra (I was meant to take two), the second tablet I took at roughly 68 hours. I then realised my stupidity and the next day (about 80 hours) I began to take the correct dosage (one truvada and two Kaletra twice daily).
Tested negative for all other STD's inc. HIV on roughly 12th Jan.
I also commenced Truvada that evening ( approx 4 hrs post exposure) . Is this adequate . I have now been on it for a week . I was considering commencing kaletra as well . Is my risk high ? would you recommend anything else?
thanks for advice
worried !!
In the morning of Thursday I took 1 Kaletra. In the evening of Thursday I realized I misread the label and took 2 Kaletra though I forgot to take the Truvada because I was used to taking the other medicine in the morning (I’ve also not been thinking straight and been very stressed, I made a mistake). On Friday morning I came to my senses and took 2 Kaletra and 1 Truvada and set a plan so I wouldn’t mess it up and that’s the regiment I will stick too.
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 ?
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).
I read on thebody.
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 ?
3 days later my doctor switched me from Sustiva/Combivir to Kaletra/Combivir. A few days after that I began to develop a mild sore throat and a quarter size rash on my penis. On July 24th I got a Stat-Pak HIV test at a clinic which came back negative. By July 30th, 2008 (maybe a few days earlier) I developed a small quarter size rash on my right foot but this rash was nothing at all like the rash on my penis a few weeks earlier.
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.
if I have a PCR RNA viral load test done 1 week after exposure, what can I expect from the reliability of the results? If I get a negative is it actually the cases that I very likely did not contract the virus or might the retrovirals just suppress the viral load to an undetectable level?
I recently lost my virginity (of all places) in Thailand. I am 23 years old, and a homosexual. I was the insertive partner for this act only. The sexual acts were unprotected. I am worried that I contracted HIV. I know my chances of contracting HIV are slim considering my lack of sexual activity.
Hi There,
First of all, finding and reading this forum has calmed my shaken nerves somewhat over the last hour or so. It makes me realise others have similar experiences. However it is still scary when you need to submit a question to a forum about potential HIV infection or other nasties.
This is what has happened to me, and I would greatly appreciate any advice.
I am an Australian male in my late 20's holidaying in Thailand. Last night after too much alcohol, I took home a local woman..
A day after it happened I went to my doctor who gave me a prescription for Truvada/Kaletra. My baseline test was negative for all common STDs and HIV.
A week after it happened I went to another STD clinic and had another test done (I wasn't sure if gonorrhea and chlamydia would show up on a test a day after) and those tests were all negative. However, the clinic gave me an antibiotic shot and azithromycin.
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