{"id":12489,"date":"2016-11-30T15:09:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T15:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=12489"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:19:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:19:26","slug":"ive-been-on-treatment-for-2-weeks-is-it-ok-to-have-sex-without-a-condom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/12489","title":{"rendered":"Can I stop using condoms after two weeks on ARVs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for getting in touch.<\/p>\n<p>Although your viral load will already be getting lower, it is unlikely to be undetectable yet. This usually takes from 1 to 3 months depending on which combination you are using. Sometimes it might take long than 3 months.<\/p>\n<p>Once your viral load is undetectable, the risk of transmitting HIV becomes very low.<\/p>\n<p>Some recommendations say that viral load needs to be undetectable for 3-6 months to get the greatest protection when not using a condom. This is because in some people viral load takes longer to become undetectable in genital fluids.<\/p>\n<p>Until your viral load is\u00a0undetectable, your boyfriend will be at some risk.<\/p>\n<p>Please see the following link for more info:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/12473\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/12473<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> I am on treatment for two weeks after finding out I was positive &#8211; so me and my boyfriend have unprotected sex every time..is it OK?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,23,28,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-hiv-transmission","category-newly-diagnosed","category-starting-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25057,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12489\/revisions\/25057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}