{"id":17787,"date":"2021-11-15T18:16:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T18:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=17787"},"modified":"2021-11-15T18:16:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T18:16:36","slug":"is-there-a-benefit-to-taking-pep-for-more-than-28-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/17787","title":{"rendered":"Is there a benefit to taking PEP for more than 28 days?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Kennedy, how are you?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the question. There is no data to support that taking PEP for any longer than 28 days is beneficial. In exceptional circumstances the course may be extended, but does require very specific criteria to be met and consultation with an HIV specialist.<\/p>\n<p>Taking PEP every day for the 28 day course is what minimizes your risk most. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tht.org.uk\/hiv-and-sexual-health\/pep-post-exposure-prophylaxis-hiv\">page<\/a> will explain how best to use PEP for the best results.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any more questions feel free to ask.<\/p>\n<p>Josh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can I take PEP for more than 28 days to get the best results? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17787","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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}