my window period for pap closing tomorrow and i am only taking truvada, and i m reading that usually truvada taken with other hiv prophylaxis meds, so this is what i wanted to know if truvada only is enough for prophylaxis. i m calling a doctor but he is not picking up...
or other adverse events when they used or stopped using Truvada for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), according to an analysis from the iPrEx study presented at the Eighth International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2015) last month in Vancouver, Canada. This is a potential concern because the drugs in Truvada – tenofovir and emtricitabine – are active against HBV as well as HIV.
I had an unprotected oral sex, with a small sore on my penis. Right at the day of the exposure I took one pill of truvada as a post-prophylaxis therapy. 1 pill and not more. After 6 weeks I have negative 4-th generation test. But is there a possibility that I have a much longer seroconversion period because it this one pill of truvada? Does it have impact on results or just one pill does not make a difference?
//www.hivguidelines.
RN,
I was stuck by a tbs syringe after giving heparin sq. After finding out that he was + hiv. I started prophylaxis combivir/kaletra 5 hrs after the incident.There was no blood in the syringe. I let it bleed and washed it with soap/water. What are the odds that I can convert to hiv+.
I am also worried about the possible side effects of the drugs. I am planning to discontinue the drugs-...I feel tired easily and has a history of high cholesterol/triglycerides.
We used to give it life-long but now stop after 1 year. The use of the newer oral agents as monotherapy for prophylaxis has proven effective.
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Basically, enjoy the experience and if you plan to do these things in the future, look into PREP (Pre Exposure Prophylaxis) Truvada is tested to be 98% successful at preventing HIV from HIV positive partners. Generics are easy to come by if you live outside the US.
t think, basing dosing on HIV folks is the right way to go for HBV treatment strategies. HBV and HIV do not even compare in terms of damage that HIV does to the whole body at once.
And they may as well have made an improvement to the drug. So I think it is a good thing if they keep the same potency at lower dose. Because it is very true that how much of it is absorbed by cells that is what really counts..
Truvada 200 mg (emtricitabine-tenofovir) plus Tivicay 50 mg (dolutegravir) for 28 days to reduce likelihood of HIV illnesses. These meds have potentially serious side-effects. Perhaps taking the meds is more dangerous than doing nothing in the following circumstance?
I'm a fairly healthy circumcised male in my 60s. I had unprotected vaginal sex with a busy commercial sex worker for one hour on two occasions. Assuming she has an HIV infection - it seems my chance of infection is about 0.
Hi, if a hiv negative person is taking truvada and contracts corona virus, will they be able to fight off the corona virus? Or will taking truvada negatively affect their ability to fight off the corona virus? Is their immune system compromised while taking truvada? Or can they take truvada without any fears of being able to fight off corona virus.
My Dr has been very involved on checks on me regularly and I feel comfortable with him. He recommended I begin to take Truvada for HBV treatment which I have been taking for 2.5 months. ( I also consulted with a Hepatologist who agreed with the treatment plan) since then I have had my liver enzyme tested regularly next week I will have a full panel again checking my viral load.
My question is since I've been on Truvada my Alt and Ast have been very high.
Taking PEP is not needed, you don't want to take powerful medications like anti-viral preps without a need. Whoever Rx'ed it for you either doesn't know about HIV, or you pushed for it to the point where he/she just gave in.
You never had an HIV risk.
I can tell you that having had even limited unprotected anal intercourse with a person on unknown HIV status, you did place yourself at risk for acquiring HIV. Unprotected anal intercourse is the riskiest of sexual activities. However, as the "top", you were at lesser risk than your partner. That the insertion was brief also bodes well for you.
Now that you are on PEP, that does extend the testing time to a final, conclusive result.
Prior to that, I had taken it daily for more than a month. I did not take Truvada on Wednesday or Thursday. I changed insurances and wanted to wait to pick up my refill until I got my copay and assistance straightened out.
On Friday I had anal sex as the bottom with a man I know who says he is negative. We always use condoms, yet this time, it broke. He ejaculated inside me and we both freaked out when we saw it broke.
Afterwards, I went to pick up my immediately and took it.
On the other hand, if she did have HIV, having started taking the Truvada within 12 hours of exposure you would greatly reduce your risk for infection. The risk for acquisition of HIV from unprotected genital sex with an infected partner is less than 1 in 1000. With a condom that risk falls to about 1 in a million even if she was infected. If you were exposed because she is infected and the condom came off, with the Truvada your risk would be less than 1 in 100,000 and perhaps lower.
Thank you all for this amazing forum. I had a lapse in judgement and went to a bath house in Spain about 10 days ago. I am a homosexual male with recent known HIV negativity. After a few drinks, I wandered down to the darker area and had a few interactions (no anal sex, just fondling/kissing) with some of the clientele. At the end of the night, I met a man with whom I had insertive anal sex (I was the "top"). He placed a condom on me and took it off at the end.
I went to health care center today, and explained the situation to doctor
I did a rapid test there as control, and which is negative. and then doctor prescribed me Truvada as PEP for a month, and asked me to do a RNA after finish the Truvada.
I keep searching "Effectiveness of Truvada alone as PEP" in internet, I am not sure if this is a normal practice for issuing Truvada alone.
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