{"id":19965,"date":"2022-06-14T14:54:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T14:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=19965"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:20:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:20:01","slug":"i-am-on-medication-is-my-partner-at-risk-of-hiv-transmission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/19965","title":{"rendered":"I am on medication, is my partner at risk of HIV transmission?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, how are you doing?<\/p>\n<p>How long have you been on medication? After a month it is likely that your viral load is suppressed enough that there is no risk. This is explained by <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/u-equals-u\/\">U=U<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When will you be able to test your viral load?<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of other <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/testing\/risks-for-transmission\">factors that change risk of transmission<\/a>. These include which role you were during sex, how rigorous the sex was, and for how long.<\/p>\n<p>Is your partner taking <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/prep\">PrEP<\/a>? This would prevent HIV transmission and there would be no risk (not needed if you have an undetectable viral load). This is a tablet you can take daily to stop transmission.<\/p>\n<p>When did this occur? If it was within 72 hours and you can speak with a doctor, your partner may be able to start PEP. This a course of medication for 28 days that can stop transmission after an exposure if the risk was considered high.<\/p>\n<p>Please see this link for more information about PEP:<br \/>\n<a style=\"font-size: 16px; font-variant-caps: normal;\" href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/factsheets\/pep-faq\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/factsheets\/pep-faq&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1724092211850000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3MtZP4p_TZNLaWKIRsumit\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/<wbr \/>factsheets\/pep-faq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Josh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently realised that I am HIV positive and right now I am on medication. I haven&#8217;t tested my viral load yet. During sex with my partner the condom broke and I am worried if my partner will get the virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,23,31,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-cd4-and-viral-load","category-hiv-transmission","category-peppepse","category-prep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19965","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=19965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23893,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19965\/revisions\/23893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}