{"id":20611,"date":"2022-12-08T14:13:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T14:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=20611"},"modified":"2024-08-26T14:19:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T14:19:26","slug":"are-cold-symptoms-a-side-effect-of-pep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/20611","title":{"rendered":"Are cold symptoms a side effect of PEP?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, how are you doing?<\/p>\n<p>What you have described is more likely caused by an infection e.g., cold or flu. These are not common side effects of PEP which are explained here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/18961\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/18961<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am sorry but it is not clear. Do you have a rash over your body? If you do this is a potential side effect and you should speak to a doctor about it.<\/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>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>I was holidaying in Thailand, my condom broke just after 1 min while having anal sex with CSW (Lady Boy in Thailand). Another person is unsure about their HIV status. I started PEP within 48 hrs after exposure. I am on 12th Day of PEP.<\/p>\n<p>From Day 6 I started having bad sore throat and Day 9 got terrible cough as well. I started taking medicines to subside sore throat and cough, felling little better now. I got no fever and rash on body.<\/p>\n<p>Is it a side effect of PEP. I am on Kocitaf ( 50mg Dolutegravir , 200mg Emtricitabine , 25mg  Tenofovir alafemanide fumarate )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,31,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-peppepse","category-side-effects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20611","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=20611"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23856,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20611\/revisions\/23856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}