Question
I missed a dose of PEP.
2 January 2022. Related: Adherence, All topics, PEP/PEPSE.
Hi. I am taking PEP and I forgot to take my pill at the exact time I always take it. I remembered in 8 hrs and took the pill. Can I continue to take my pill the exact time I always take it? And does this reduce my chances of not getting HIV? Please help.
Answer
Hi, how are you doing?
Yes you can continue to take PEP at the usual time you do.
Although it is better to not miss any meds, if you do forget once or twice, this is unlikely to make much difference. Especially if these are doses towards the end of the month.
While it is not advised, missing a dose by a few hours is unlikely to cause a problem. PEP remains in the body for more than 24 hours. As you remembered tot take PEP, the levels within your body would have stayed at a biologically significant level.
If you have another question please ask,
Josh.
Hi Prince, please see info about risk at this link:
https://i-base.info/qa/factsheets/hiv-transmission-and-testing
And about PEP at this link:
https://i-base.info/qa/factsheets/pep-faq
Thanks
Hi
My boyfriend played with my butt with his D but didn’t enter the rectum. Should I take pep ?
Hi Stewart, you do not need to a new course of PEP. As you had already been taking a course of PEP and have more than 2 days left, you are protected from further exposures. In this case PEP works like PrEP while you are taking it. You can finish PEP when originally planned.
I had sex on my 25th day of my course of PEP, I later discovered that the girl was HIV positive, should I just finish the current dose of PEP or i restart an new one
Hi Beauty, do you mean PrEP or PEP? If you were on PrEP all you needed was to continue for another 2 days.
If you were 2 weeks into taking PEP you did not need to extend the course. PEP works like PrEP for the duration of the course. As you had already been taking it for 2 weeks you would have been protected from further exposures.
Hi I was on two weeks prep,then I got exposed and continued as pep for another 28 days but I missed a day and did not stop so I took prep and pep for 41 days am I safe?
Hi Somebody, yes PEP will still work. Grape seed extract is not going to reduce how effective PEP is.
Hi if i took PEP within 8-9 hours and used multivitamin and opc/grape seed extract together with my second dose of first day and later on 2nd or 3rd day miss 1pill did this affect my PEP very much? Is PEP still likely gonna work or is opc/grape seed extract very bad its very potent homöpathic antioxidants? Afterwards i took every pill on time and im now on PEP about 3 weeks.
Hi Gustavo, When was your first dose of PEP? and when was your first exposure? If you started PEP on the 23rd with an exposure on the 20th you are still within 72 hours. You do not need to extend the course of PEP. You can complete your course of PEP after 28 days when originally planned.
I’m taking pep on the 20th I had sex without a condom and on the 22nd I forgot to take the medication and I only came to take it on the 23rd should I increase the pep time or stop at 28 days?