{"id":16439,"date":"2020-12-22T17:10:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T17:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=16439"},"modified":"2021-03-19T18:02:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T18:02:29","slug":"is-the-covid-19-vaccine-safe-if-i-use-chems-like-crystal-meth-ghb-or-mephedrone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/16439","title":{"rendered":"Is the COVID-19 vaccine safe if I use chems like crystal meth, GHB or mephedrone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Yes, the vaccines do not interact with drugs used for chemsex.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, taking a break from the chems for the week of the vaccine will make it easier to know whether you get any side effects.<\/p>\n<p>If the social context for using chems means you are having more partners, the protection from the vaccine will be especially important.<\/p>\n<p>Also, if your current situation or pattern of chem use makes it difficult to have a break for a week, it is still a good idea to get the COVID vaccine as soon as it is available.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is one of more than 65 questions about COVID vaccines. It was produced by and for people living with HIV.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/16330\"><strong>Q&amp;A on COVID vaccines: are they safe and effective?<br \/>\n<\/strong>https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/16330<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, the vaccines do not interact with drugs used for chemsex. However, taking a break from the chems for the week of the vaccine will make it easier to know whether you get any side effects. If the social context &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,54,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-covid-19","category-drug-interactions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16439","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}