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Is it really a crime?
#254660 - 03/06/11 08:55 PM
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I have been having sex with a man since the second week of Jan, of course unprotected, on March 1, 2011 I found a filled prescription dated Dec18, 2010 for a HIV medication. I confronted him and he said they gave him the medication cause he got stuck by a needle at work. The prescribed medication is combivir 150mg/300mg tablets, suppose to be take twice a day with refills........ Is this man HIV positive?
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first, i want to say i'm not an expert on hiv medication...but i do know that npep (taking hiv medicine after a suspected exposure) is taken for a month so if the prescription was for prophylaxis from a work injury i don't know why there would be refills..hopefully someone with more knowledge on this will comment..
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yes, combivir can be prescribed as PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) for four weeks after exposure. if he was prescribed the medication in December as PEP, there's no reason he should still be taking any meds in March. as i said, it is a four-week regimen. For more info, see our index on PEP.
so it seems he is lying. however, you didn't specify if he is currently taking the meds or it's an old prescription (which i'm assuming it isn't). but let's say he's telling the truth and it's just an old prescription, there's no guarantee that the PEP worked. the window period for testing for HIV is three months after your last possible exposure. and in more serious cases, such as unprotected sex with confirmed positive individuals, the window period is extended to six months.
For people who have taken PEP, it's not just after their last exposure, it's three months after the end of their PEP course, six months for occupational exposures! meaning the PEP may have failed and he can infect others by having unprotected sex.
that means, if he's lying and is HIV positive, you've put yourself at risk by having unprotected sex with him. OR in the event that he's telling the truth, you've still put yourself at risk by having unprotected sex with him because there's a chance the PEP didn't work and he's infected. having unprotected sex is always a risk, not only for HIV but for other STIs as well.
you'll have to stop all unprotected sex and test for HIV out until three months (maybe even six if he is positive) since your last possible exposure. any negative test result you get within the window period will be encouraging but not conclusive.
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