{"id":21524,"date":"2023-04-12T09:33:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T09:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=21524"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:20:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:20:23","slug":"how-long-do-i-need-to-take-pep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/21524","title":{"rendered":"How long do I need to take PEP?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, how are you doing?<\/p>\n<p>Are you talking about PEP or PrEP?<\/p>\n<p>PEP is used AFTER an exposure and is a course of treatment for 28 days.<\/p>\n<p>PrEP is used BEFORE. PrEP is more appropriate to use. It is a pill similar to PEP but you can take it daily. PrEP prevents HIV transmission and is more effective at prevention that PEP.<\/p>\n<p>If your partner is on treatment then you do not require any medication. If she has a viral load below 200\/undetectable there is no risk of transmission. This is called <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/u-equals-u\/\">U=U<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ART\/PrEP\/PEP will not prevent other STIs. A condom is required to prevent other infections if these are a risk.<\/p>\n<p>If you like having sex without a condom, then please talk to your doctor about PrEP. This is a very good way to protect against HIV in the future.<\/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\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/factsheets\/pep-faq<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Please see this link for more information about PrEP:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/prep\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/prep<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Josh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I have a girl who is HIV positive we have been having sex most days. I am on PEP, but how long should I continue to take PEP. I have unprotected sex everyday???<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,23,31,51,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-hiv-transmission","category-peppepse","category-prep","category-sero-different-couples"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21524","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=21524"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23630,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21524\/revisions\/23630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}