{"id":22656,"date":"2023-12-18T23:26:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T23:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=22656"},"modified":"2024-08-18T16:36:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T16:36:18","slug":"i-have-been-given-kocitaf-for-pep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/22656","title":{"rendered":"I have been given Kocitaf for PEP?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

I am sorry to hear about the side effects you have been experiencing.<\/p>\n

Acriptega and Kocitaf are very similar drugs.<\/p>\n

Acriptega is a generic version of tenofovir DF, lamivudine and dolutegravir.<\/p>\n

Kocitaf is a generic version of tenofovir AF, emtricitabine and dolutegravir.<\/p>\n

Both emtricitabine and lamviduine are largely the same medication. They have a similar chemical make up and you should not experience more side effects with one over the other. This is also true between tenofovir DF and AF.<\/p>\n

Have you noticed any other side effects\/symptoms e.g., fever, diarrhoea, vomiting or other things suggestive of an infection? and have you had any symptoms tested other than bloods e.g., blood sugar, blood pressure and urinalysis?<\/p>\n

The white blood cell count could put this down to an infection. It is good that your liver and kidney were good.<\/p>\n

Yes you can change treatment mid-way through the course if these are side effects, but you should check that there is not another cause for the symptoms before you do.<\/p>\n

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

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

Hi, I had unprotected sex with a girl I dont know in a somewhat high risk country. I have started PEP around 14 hrs after. <\/p>\n

This is 3rd time in my life on PEP. First time I was on Biktarvy. I know it’s not approved for PEP in the US or UK, but popular here where I live.<\/p>\n

Second time Acriptega.<\/p>\n

Neither had any side effects except for kidney pain, or maybe that was gas build up at the end of the treatment.<\/p>\n

This time I was put on a drug called Kocitaf. I can’t find much info on it online and it’s causing serious side effects. Kidney pain from day 1, bad fatigue, headache, stomach cramps, dizzines, feeling hungry in a way when blood sugar drops.<\/p>\n

I am on day 6 and did some blood tests because I was scared of the pain.
\nTests came back all good except for white blood count, some were low, some high, but I may as well have an unrelated infection.
\nKidney and liver was all good.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I am worried and it’s hard to live with those side effects. Have you heard about this drug? Is it okay to change it to let’s say Biktarvy mid-treatment? My doctor here said – yes, but I want to confirm.<\/p>\n

Thanks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10,31,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-changing-treatment","category-peppepse","category-side-effects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22656","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=22656"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23556,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22656\/revisions\/23556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}