Question
I have completed my course of PEP. Will it work?
1 February 2022. Related: All topics, HIV transmission, PEP/PEPSE.
I have been exposed to HIV and started PEP within 48 hours and continued for 28 days. How likely this is going to work?
Answer
HI, how are you doing?
You started PEP within the required timeframe and completed the full course. This gives you the best chance of PEP working. PEP is 80-90% effective when taken correctly, which you have.
How effective PEP is also needs to take into account the risk of the first exposure. If it was low risk, taking PEP will further reduce the likelihood of being HIV positive.
Josh.
Hi Teddy, this shows you were not HIV positive after the PEP.
I have tested NON REACTIVE 24 weeks after my last pep dose (28 weeks post exposure) at a clinic with a 3rd generation hiv blood rapid test.
Is it Conclusive or need further test?
Hi Cliford
Please see this similar Q on PEP with a link to more info on PEP.
https://i-base.info/qa/19489
Hello
I was on pep for 2 weeks and got another exposure and that same night i continued pep for another 30 days after that exposure but i tested the first person wasnot hiv positve but the second person was hiv positive and not taking any drugs, its now 19 days after i finished my course is wisely to do a p24 test now
And how are my chances that pep worked
the pep drug i was taking is ACRIPTEGA
Hi Prosper, unfortunately taking PEP a week after exposure is not early enough for it to be effective.
That being said it is great that you have been testing negative. For a test to be conclusive, the minimum time you can test will be using a combined test at 6 weeks post your course of PEP.
The symptoms you are experiencing are very generic and would not indicate HIV by themselves.
After I was exposure to a hiv positive girl on 1st February, I started pep very late on 9th February till 11th March (30 days) On April 5th I did a test with Roche combi and PRC negative, 24 days POST PEP 62 days post exposure do you think is conclusive results?
Am now having fever headache lost of appetite,,, just 2 weeks more to three months of my exposure
Hi Charles, yes this test is conclusive. As you have waited 12 weeks after PEP you can consider this test conclusive. You do not have HIV.
I tested negative 12 weeks after my last pep dose (16 weeks post exposure) with a 3rd generation rapid test.
Can I close this ?
Hi Steve, TLD is PEP. You were right to use this combination as such. An Oraquick test is not suitable to use until 3 months after PEP. This is because it looks at HIV antibodies – these may not be made by the body yet which is why you need to wait a while to test. A 4th generation antigen/antibody test would be suitable at 6 weeks (6 more days). It is likely you can access this test at a local sexual health clinic.
Hello
Firstly,is LTD drugs PEP?
Okay,I was exposed to HIV in the last 68 days.I started PEP after 55 hours and continued for 30 days.
Yesterday(1st February 2022) that’s 67 days after exposure and 36 days after completing PEP, i did the Oraquick test and the results came out to be negative.So my question is,is this result conclusive?
Thanks.