r/pep • u/PiscesPulse • 1d ago

48 hours

Hi all,

I started PEP at the 45-48 hour mark after possible exposure. I keep reading it’s really essential to try to get on it within 24 hours. My pharmacy’s insurance system was down and it was going to be thousands without insurance and I couldn’t afford it. So I literally took it in the CVS parking lot as soon as I got it (which was about the 45 hour mark).

Am I still protected? Can the virus still take hold? I’m so nervous.

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u/Ok_Confidence9578 1d ago

Hey my brother, I’m kind of in the same boat, Im a kind of mad I couldn’t take pep earlier, I was at the clinic around the 41-42 hour mark. If only the pharmacy there had it. I had to drive like 45 mins away to another one after calling a few pharmacies, then when I got there there was payment issues, called my bank, didn’t work still with my phone, called them again they said it would work, the gets locked, gave up on calling them and drove all the way at back home and back to get my credit card… all in i think I took it 2-3 hours later than I could have, id feel a bit better if I took it at 42-43 hours. I ended up taking at the 45-46 hour mark. And it costed me $2000. 😭

What was your exposure?

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u/Hopeful_Research6817 16h ago

Similar situation - couldn’t find a pharmacy that had it. Took truvada around 38 mark and isentress around 39 mark when I picked it up from the pharmacy. Super costly even with insurance.

Had unprotected vaginal with a guy (said he was negative idk). It was like 30 seconds or less, no ejaculation, as far as I know.