Question
I am taking PEP, can I have uprotected sex?
14 February 2012. Related: All topics, PEP/PEPSE.
I’ve been taking lamzid for 5 days now and I want to find out how this will
affect my pregnant partner when we have unprotected sex?
I am taking lamzid because I slept with someone without a condom and I felt
very unsafe so I went to the doctor within 72 hours and he prescribed lamzid for me.
My pregnant partner is only 7weeks pregnant will this harm our baby?
Answer
There is no data on whether PEP can harm the unborn baby. However, unprotected sex whilst you are taking PEP is not recommended. This is because you don’t know your status and you could infect your partner. That is why it is important to wait until you finish the course and have done the follow-up confirmatory test.
For more information on PEP and the risks of sexual transmission, please follow this link to our guide.
Best wishes
Hi Kwazi, yes this test is conclusive. As you have waited 3 months after PEP you can consider this test conclusive. You do not have HIV. Have you been able to see a doctor about your symptoms?
Hi I justed tested with a Rapid test after 3 months off pep is this conclusive since I’ve had all the hiv symptoms yet I tested hiv negative.
Hi lee, yes it is possible to infect your parter while on PEP. If you use a condom there will not be a risk to your partner.
Can i infect my female partner while on pep.
After being on pep for 8 days, after a exposure to hiv status unknow person i had sexual intercourse with my female partner.
Hi Jane, do you know the status of this man? Depending on the type of PEP you are taking it might work to protect you. Does your partner know that you are taking PEP? It can be a risk to your parter if you are not using a condom.
Currently am on pep and keep having unprotected sex with the man am I safe kindly help
Hi TR. This is a very unlikely situation. It is possible to transmit HIV while on PEP. However as you were at the end of the course it is likely PEP would suppress HIV and mean you cannot transmit it. This being said it is much more likely that your first exposure was not with HIV. One drunken exposure does not carry a high risk and it is possible there was a condom. This would suggest you are not carrying HIV and are at no risk of transmission. Please follow this link about fear and anxiety around testing and transmission of HIV: https://i-base.info/guides/testing/hiv-testing-feelings-of-fear-anxiety-and-guilt
Hi
I had sex with someone and I was not sure if they used a condom the entire time as I was drunk so my memory is failing me. So the following day I went to the clinic and got PEP.
In the morning of my last day -28th day of pep (I was taking pep at 8pm every night) I had sex with my boyfriend with no protection we don’t normally use protection, now I’m worried if I might have infected him and I feel terrible.
Is it possible that I might have transferred HIV to my bad if indeed the person I slept with when I was drunk had the virus?
Hi Ali, starting PEP as early as you did is great. You are not likely to contract HIV. Even when not on PEP, contracting HIV after one exposure is very rare.
What are my chances of contracting hiv after I had unprotected sex with hiv positive person but 4 hours later I was placed under pep med for 28 days.