Question
Will PEP work for a second time?
13 April 2022. Related: All topics, HIV transmission, PEP/PEPSE.
I had unprotected sex with a sex partner, then I was on PEP (Reydin) and completed my course on 1st April 2022.
Then, after 4 days, on the 6th April 2022, I then paid a woman to have sex with me who assured me that she was HIV negative. The following day I asked her to test with me and she tested positive and I tested negative.
She didn’t seem worried by her HIV+ status. Then I went to my medical doctor who put me on Acriptega (TLD). What are my chances to remain safe?
Answer
Hi
How is this woman doing? Do you know if she has access to treatment and support?
No one has the right to make another person take an HIV test. This is unethical and could be seen as abuse.
Please see this link for more information about PEP:
https://i-base.info/qa/factsheets/pep-faq
Simon
Hi Martha, PEP is not prescribed in the UK after 72 hours. Please see here:
This link has more infor on PEP:
https://i-base.info/qa/factsheets/pep-faq
Hello , I had unprotected sex with a person that I don’t know their hiv status , my doctor gave me pep( reydin) but it was after a few hours after the 72 hours is it possible for it to work ?
Hi Ivan, what symptoms are you experiencing? Have you been experiencing these since starting PEP?
Good day , after 2 month post PEP , yester day I tested negative for HIV.
But the I’m still feeling the side effect of the pills even 2 month post PEP.
Hi Thalia, while you are on PEP there is no risk to you. This is because the PEP in your body can act as PrEP. How long has your partner being on ARVs? It is possible that their viral load is already suppressed.
You can finish your course of PEP when you were originally expecting to.
Hi I am on the last week of pep n a condom burst with a hiv positive partner who recently started with arvs