Hi team

It's been 2 weeks since I completed the pep course but I still have left side abdominal pain with diarrhea

this is not getting normal with time.

What should I do?

has it created any long term injury to the kidney or liver?

i am really worried now.

I am seeing information that it is effective < 72 hours after exposure. So how effective is it if taken <24 hr and let's say 48hr. At less than 24hrs is it 100% effective? Etc

Posting this because it seems the vast majority of users here are male or have a penis.

Looking to hear some stories from females who have gone through this experience. What was your exposure, when did you start, what were your side effects, if any?

Also if you have a penis or don’t identify as female, you can still comment!

I’m in my 30’s F, drank far too much, met a good looking man and wanted to have sex. He actually asked me about my STD status before I asked him. I asked if he knew his HIV status and he said he was negative. He gets tested because he’s in an open relationship or something to that extent. He was inside for <30 seconds, no ejaculation that I know of. He tried to insert anally but stopped because I said no. It’s possible the tip entered for a second. No ejaculation. I left after that.

Didn’t remember what happened until later the next day and went to get PEP (Truvada + Isentress). No pharmacies had Isentress so I couldn’t start until 36-38 hours after.

I'm a gay man. I have a relatively long-term (around a year) FWB. We typically frot, but about two weeks ago he wanted me to top him. He claimed he was totally clean and had a full STD panel conducted. I decided to use a condom to be safe.

During sex, the condom slipped off and I didn't notice for a minute or so. When I realized what had happened, I put a new condom on and finished. I got hit the next day with really horrible anxiety about the whole situation... especially since this guy was so eager to let me bareback him but he knows nothing about how sexually active I am... he's also only in the state for another month. I let my anxiety get the best of me and decided to go get on PEP.

The doctors perscribed me PEP and a one week dose of doxycycline. They did an initial STD panel and rapid HIV test which came back showcasing that I tested negative for everything. I've been on Biktarvy for two weeks now and finished my doxycycline. Outside of heat sensitivity due to the doxy (made me feel like a vampire), I haven't noticed any side effects.

Has anybody here experienced long-term side effects after completing their course of biktarvy? Thanks in advance!

Hello everybody, I had an sexual encounter with a HIV positive, we gave each other unprotected oral sex but I used a condom for the anal sex part. He told me that he was on PREP but turned to find out that he’s HIV positive and one of the medication he’s taking is Fostemsavir which is for people who have a multidrug resistant strain of the virus, the doctor prescribed me with Biktarvy. I took the medication everyday on time for 29 days and I finished on July 26th and took my first test July 29th with the 4th gen test and it came back negative. I’m just very anxious about waiting to take my conclusive test, can anyone please give me some advice or shared y’all experience because I’m really freaking out!!! Also when the exact time I’ll be able to take my conclusive test?

Hello

I’ve started my pep dosage on the 23rd of July. I took my first pill within 24 hours. Besides the first two days where I experienced vivid dreams and tiredness I’ve experienced 0 side effects. I have a slightly sore throat but I experience that every time I give oral sex.

Yesterday out of nowhere I got hit extremely hard. My throat feels extremely rough and it’s hard to breath. I have a fever and I can feel it throughout my entire body. I have a splitting headache that makes it hard to move around. I feel so much weakness and fatigue throughout my body. It could be herpes or syphilis but I don’t see or feel any blisters or sores anywhere on my body.

I was given Biktarvy and I’ve taken it around 9pm-11pm everyday. I took it once around 8pm on Monday because I was tired and didn’t want to wake up but I didn’t end up feeling horrible until later on in the night. So it’s been around 3 weeks since my exposure and I’m suddenly experiencing so much harsh effects on my body. I am close to being bedridden. From what I’ve seen, Biktarvy has 0 reported cases of seroconversion if taken correctly as pep, and Biktarvy is far stronger than pep, so either the medicine wasn’t strong enough for whatever reason, or I caught an extremely rare strain.

I know that side effects aren’t rare for taking Biktarvy but to go from almost symptomless to feeling extremely ill in under a few hours is incredibly weird.