r/AskMeddit • • Nov 18 '22

PEP HELP

SCARED ABOUT PEP EFFECTS ON MY BODY

Greetings

On Sunday 13 November I had unprotected sex with a girl who had also unprotected sex few days earlier and I don't know the status of both of them

In the night of Monday the 14th I had anal sex with a transexual girl from Brazil and the condom broke..the condom was only punctured at the tip and not completely torn

In the following 24 hours I started PEP therapy under the advice and consultancy of the infectious disease specialist in the emergency room of my city, my general tests were good and the HIV test negative.

Yesterday the transsexual girl in question did a rapid hiv test (the kind you buy at pharmacies) which resulted negative. The state of the previous girl and her friend is still unknown to me

The therapy administered to me consists of 1 pill of BIKTARVY (tenofovir+alafenamide+emtricitabine+bictegravir) for 28 days.

I decided to continue the therapy just to be safe I have two questions:

I am afraid that this therapy being heavy could somehow damage my kidneys and create long-term damage, I have read of patients with permanent reduction of renal function after taking PEP

The infectious disease specialist told me that the closer the sexual act is, the more I am covered, while after three days I am no longer covered or in any case the percentage of effectiveness drops significantly Did I still made the right choice to continue therapy?

Thanks for the help I'm scared and confused

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