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.
You never had an exposure.
What were you taking PEP for in the first place?
What was the exposure that prompted you to take PEP?
In the following day, I finally could find a very good hospital with a specialized area for HIV treatment, and the doctor was quite surprised that they had given me just a Truvada. She added a Isentress (raltegravir) to my Pep treatment. But I could realized that she was quite worried because I had had only Truvada in the begining of my treatment and in the very deadline edge.
For PEP to be effective, it has to be started very early after the exposure. We are talking hours not days. In animal models of infection, effectiveness of PEP really suffers as the delay in initiation increases. Most experts feel that after 3 days there is no use to starting PEP. Additionally, many also now accept that Truvada alone may not be sufficient for PEP and that adding a third drug is better.
Rahul.. Decision to be put on PEP is done by you and your doctor. As I said, only a doctor can evaluate you and decide. I can't suggest anything here. I you think you need PEP, look for a doctor who can give it to you, if you are comfortable with the evaluation that this doctor gave, then stick to it. The choice is yours.
After doing some reading, I see that Truvada+Kaletra (or Truvada alone) is a commonly prescribed PeP regimine. I know that Truvada is part of the Stribild combo, but Im not sure why this was the specialists choice? I saw that there is an ongoing clinical trial with regards to Stribild as PeP, which would mean that it is not yet approved for such purposes?
My questions for you are: Will Stribild even be an effective PeP treatment?
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 . I was considering commencing kaletra as well . Is my risk high ? would you recommend anything else?
thanks for advice
worried !!
Hello...
I contacted you last week regarding an exposure in South Africa just over a month ago to a girl of unknown status. You said then that the risk was very very low. I now have another question. To summarise my situation, I had just had my wisdom teeth removed following infection, while she had had a tooth removed the day before. There was 'deep' kissing, mutual masturbation, and I had put my finger in my mouth for one moment.
If you didn't have sex why would you take PEP? If I didn't have unprotected sex I wouldn't spend 800.00 for a script of Truvada and take the risk of possible side effects. If you told your risk to any doctor around here you would have received a script.
Hi all....after 7 days of HIV pep I'm accusing itching and red spots (not exactly rash) on arms...
taking truvada+norvir+prezista
It can be a symptom of acute infection or prophylaxis?
I'm on truvada and isentress I have 14 days left due to the condom breaking I asked the guy to take a or a quick test when it broke I went to CVS and bought it...he tested positive... I was on pep 4 hours afterwards...
The doctors who provided you with your initial PEP provided you with more medication than is typically recommended for PEP and the Truvada (which is a combination of two anti-HIV medications) is one of the regimens most widely recommended for PEP.
Please note that the ER doctors probably don't do this all the time and from a prevention perspective it is better to initially over treat than under treat. That said, from here on out, I would just take the Truvada.
t taking any chances so continuted to take the truvada in the hope it will do something - I believe that truvada only was the original PEP can anybody verify that for me? At around three weeks I got pain all down the sides of my neck for a couple of days. I went for a run at the gym and it disappeared.
I have several questions about this that health professionals have been unable to give me a good answer to.
Was this neck pain a symptom of HIV infection?
Hi, after being exposed to HIV 15 days ago, I'm on day 14 of PEP (Truvada & Isentress). I wonder if facial lipoatrophy (sunken cheeks, temples, eyes, etc) can develop as early as two weeks of being taking these meds. I'm a male model and I make a living of my face. Last week I was fired from 3 photo-shoots in a row. I don't know if I'm really experiencing facial fat waste, or if my face just reflects all the emotional distress I've been through for the past 2 weeks.
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