I am a truck driver and I am out of town for weeks at a time. I will not be returning home as expected and I will run out of PrEP for at least 2 weeks possibly a lot longer (I have 1 day supply left).

I got PrEP (Descovy daily pill) for free from a clinic. They attempted to fill a prescription at a Walmart near me, but I didn’t have insurance when I went to the clinic, so it’s costs $2,000 which I can’t really afford.

I have health insurance technically with my new company, but it’s not active yet, since I just started working for this company.

What can I do?

The clinic wants to mail the medication to me directly, but I don’t have a permanent address or a stable location.

Am I just screwed?

If I start prep daily for a short time how long after unprotected sex will I need to be on prep until I’m clear to stop taking it ?

I am curious what is the occasion that would make you go bareback when you are on PREP.

1. always bareback
2. bareback with your partner only
3. always actively in sex

Etc

I am curious, please enlighten me

Hello everyone, while having sex with a lady the condom broke. I don't know her status so I went to the clinic within 48 hours to get drugs.

Unfortunately after taking the drugs for 7 days I found out i was given PrEP.

I quickly switched to PEP(after 7days) and week later. I noticed my tongue is unusually white while on PEP and some slight rash on my forehead.

I'm going to push to complete the PEP regardless but I just want to know what my chances are.

Video I did about prevention of HPV, PREP, and some new approaches for herpes and other STDs. Men who have sex with men specific considerations. Feedback appreciated!

I just started Prep for the first time and took my first Descovy pill last night with dinner. I was able to sleep through the night without noticing anything. However, this morning I am so horribly nauseated. I keep throwing up. Even water is making me feel like I need to puke. Of course, it’s Sunday so my pharmacy and doctor’s office is closed. Has anyone experienced this? I’m tempted to just not take another pill again and plan accordingly.

First saw this on a PrEP activist web site: The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health and intimate partner violence. they even removed LGBT Youth reports, this is quite unbelievable.

I tried to look for some PrEP documentation, but even their internal search refers to deleted pages. Looks like the modern version of burning books has started in the US.

CDC site removing HIV-related content amid Trump DEI policy shifts

Hello, im currently taking glutathione for like 2 years now. I got my PrEP last week but haven’t touched it since Im scared that my kidney will be damaged if I take both everyday. The consultant told me to take it daily since im a new user. I forgot to ask him about this one 😅

Is it bad to take both of it everyday? Or should I just do the 2+1+1 method so that I won’t be taking PrEP daily?

Hello I’m switching from discovy to the generic version of truvada because of insurance. Is there a waiting period once I switch over? Like do I have to wait a certain time to engage in anything or since they are the same thing it doesn’t matter?

I decided to go on prep and when talking about it with my doctor he looked to see what my insurance covers and he prescribed me TDF 300mg daily. It’s been two weeks since I’ve started taking it but after doing some online research I cannot find anything about using TDF by itself as prep? I was just wondering if anyone has also been prescribed this before I talk to my doctor.

I get my PrEP for free thanks to some kind of funding program via a free sexual health clinic. Given that US global HIV prevention under PEPFAR just got "paused" - is it reasonable to anticipate that some programs that offer free PrEP will lose funding under the new US federal administration?

I understand that whether I would be impacted depends on exactly where that specific program gets it's funding from; I'm asking generally if this is something to be concerned about, or is it still anyone's guess what will happen?

I have had protected sex (top) 1hr and 10mins after taking 2 pills of prep on Friday.

I have taken 3 pills of daily prep on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday prior the encounter.Should I be worried?

I must take acyclovir for 5 days because of my Hsv2 outbreak, Now I see there are interactions with prep. Anyone has experience?

Does anyone know the effectiveness of prep after take 6 daily doses? Someone wants to meet a day early. I’m a top.

So I just started yesterday for my 2-1-1 regime.

Today, at 3PM I took one tablet of truvada.

I took ibuprofen+acetaminophen at 1AM because of headache.

Later on I realized this is NOT ideal as it can cause kidney damage. Is that one occurrence enough to cause kidney damage? Should I be concerned?

Thank you so much!

Is it true that whey protein, ibuprofin, antacids, calcium or iron supplement can make PEP/PReP less effective or fail?

I have one sex without condom, later I just recognize that I have outbreak (please don't judge me) Am I at higher risk having infection?

I took 2 pills today in the afternoon.

But unfortunately we have to move the meetup tomorrow. Should I take only one tablet tomorrow or should I take another double dose 2 hours before???

Thank you so much!

I am relatively new at taking prep. During the first month, there were some days that I couldn't remember if I took the pill or not. On those days I took the pills out of the flask and count them and put them back. As I continued to take the medication I realized that probably some sweat of my hand got into the pills because the blue coating was not looking uniform (some of the pills, I remember seeing 4, had a bit of white points showing). At the moment I didn't pay much attention. I did not miss a pill and took all of them. Tomorrow I have my regular HIV test and I am freaking out. I know taking the test is the only way to know (at least my rational part knows that). I am also severely anxious, and I fear I ruined the pills and I was not protected. The past 2 weeks have been hell with the fatidic scenarios I have played in my mind. I imagine being the stupid guy that got HIV because he didn't know how to handle a pill properly. I probably won't sleep... Anyway, I am too embarrassed to share this with anyone else, also feel quite lonely on this situation.

I'm 31 M. I used to take truvada prep years ago but stopped because of the migraines and fatigue. I decided to start prep again because I'm beginning to date again and most likely will be sexually active once again. I told my doctor about the previous side effects and they put me on descovy. I'm on day 3 and these migraines and fatigue are still messing with me. I start classes on Sunday and I'm just worried it'll affect my school work.

Anybody have any advice ?

I used to be very sexually active but honestly I can control my urges and use condoms 99 percent of the time. But honestly things happen where condoms have broken and I've had to get on PeP. Being in this lifestyle of being black and in the LGBTQ community just increases my risk of exposure. I just wanted that extra layer of protection to be honest....

Most people I have been talking to in the past few months have all tried to have BB sex, I'm always the one to say "hey, are u not going to put on a condom" and their response is always something like "but I'm clean"..... and that's a red flag for me bc how do u even know if I'm clean ?! Lol ....idk mannn....

I'm thinking to just hold off on sex until I'm in a committed relationship and get tested with that person together and even then I'll still probably use condoms 🙃

I am on daily prep around 2 months. Saturday I took pill as usual 12:00 am, later had unprotected vaginal sex around 23:00. Sunday I took prep as usual, Monday too but I don't remember if I took prep today. Am I still protected?

All my life I been avoiding penetration at sex, but I wanna to star a relationship with an older man, I wanna use condoms of course, buy I love the idea to take PrEP, I'm not into "no condoms" but he does, and that's a red flag to me, I don't know how many times he has did it. He talked about test, I say yes, but let's take PrEP.

Then, if he doesn't take the pills constantly but I do it, can I get infect?

Hi all I had an attempt to bottom a bit a go that lasted maybe a few seconds because they caused an anal fissure. We stopped but then I topped them. I didn’t finish inside.

I’m on prep daily and he said he takes prep daily and recently was negative. In these instances where encounters are brief and no ejaculation is this risky?

I started getting some swollen groin lymph nodes like 4 days after and a mild fever (37.7 at its peak) on days 10-12 afterwards but then went away. Despite the prep I just got a bit worried like maybe this is prep failure or a resistant strain

Been struggling with Alopecia Areata for a while now. Recently I have made a connection to the usage fo PrEP. Drugs.com says autoimmune disorders are a side effect of PrEP. I have stopped taking it and I will wait and see if my hair will regrow.

Anyone here who has been struggling with autoimmune reactions since taking PrEP?

Im aware that there is no scientific evidence between PrEP causing autoimmune disorders. I am looking for individual experiences. Thanks for understanding!