{"id":11574,"date":"2025-11-01T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/?page_id=11574"},"modified":"2025-11-07T12:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:44:10","slug":"what-to-do-if-you-miss-a-pill","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/prep\/what-to-do-if-you-miss-a-pill","title":{"rendered":"What to do if you miss a pill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16301\" src=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/logos-for-prep.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"238\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>What to do if you miss a pill on daily PrEP<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>If you are taking daily PrEP, then do not worry if you sometimes miss one or two pills.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Everyone taking daily PrEP will get good protection so long as you take at least four pills every week.<\/p>\n<h2>What to do if you miss a pill on event-based PrEP<\/h2>\n<p>Event-based dosing really needs all the recommended doses.<\/p>\n<p>If you are late or miss a pill, just take it as soon as you remember and then continue as recommended.<\/p>\n<p>Drug levels will still be high enough to protect against HIV. If you often miss doses perhaps it would be better for you to use daily dosing.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone should now start PrEP with a double dose.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A pill box makes it easy to see if you missed a dose.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Aim for the same time each day. Link it to a routine task like brushing your teeth.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>If you have risks during a break from PrEP, remember to also have another HIV test.<\/li>\n<li><b>With event-based dosing, if you miss the BEFORE dose, still take a double dose asap AFTER sex, and continue single daily doses.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Contact your clinic in case PEP is recommended. See:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/prep\/is-pep-recommended-if-i-am-on-prep\">Is PEP recommended if I am on PrEP?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What to do if you miss a pill on daily PrEP If you are taking daily PrEP, then do not worry if you sometimes miss one or two pills. Everyone taking daily PrEP will get good protection so long as &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":11507,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-guides.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11574","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18787,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11574\/revisions\/18787"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}