{"id":21132,"date":"2023-02-22T14:57:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T14:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=21132"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:20:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:20:24","slug":"i-was-late-and-had-unprotected-sex-while-on-pep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/21132","title":{"rendered":"I was late and had unprotected sex while on PEP."},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, how are you doing?<\/p>\n

No. You have not messed up how well PEP is going to work. As the doses you were late with were after day 21 there is going to be minimal impact, if any, on your treatment.<\/p>\n

Taking 2 pills 12 hours apart on day 15 is going to have no effect.<\/p>\n

The unprotected sexual encounters would have still been protected by the PEP in your body. PEP has a long half life – this means it can remain working in your body for a few more hours after the 24th hour.<\/p>\n

Vomiting on day 25 an hour an a half later will not be a problem. At this point most, if not all the medication will be absorbed. There would have been no need to take an additional pill.<\/p>\n

You do not need to extend the course of your current treatment. You can finish when originally planned.<\/p>\n

Please see this link for more information about PEP:<\/div>\n
https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/factsheets\/pep-faq<\/a><\/div>\n

Josh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been following this website for so long and appreciate all your help with people who need help like me. I am on the 28th day of my PEP course (Acriptega) and I would like to seek for your confirmation.<\/p>\n

I took my first pills 24 hours after first exposure and kept adherence well until day 15. I accidentally took two pills 12 hours apart. I realised and went back to my normal schedule at 9am. On day 23 I was late by 3 hours and then had unprotected sex.<\/p>\n

On day 24 I had unprotected sex again and was 9 hours late for the next pill.<\/p>\n

On day 25 I lightly vomited after 1 and a half hours after taking PEP and I didn\u2019t take another pill. Since then I have stuck well to timing.<\/p>\n

I know I really messed up last week and I am scared now. Please advise if I am still safe and if I need to extend my course.<\/p>\n

I am a man and had all exposure with women.<\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,23,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adherence","category-all-topics","category-hiv-transmission","category-peppepse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21132","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=21132"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23646,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21132\/revisions\/23646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}