Are there any wg on prep ?

What's prep?

PrEP stands for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. It means taking medicine before being exposed to something to prevent yourself from getting a disease or condition. We use several kinds of medicine this way.

One example is taking anti-malaria medication when we travel to areas where we might be bitten by mosquitoes that carry malaria. When the medicine is in a person's body before getting a mosquito bite, that person is much less likely to get malaria when she or he is bitten.

For women, another example is taking birth control pills (contraceptives). When contraceptives are already in a woman's body when she is exposed to semen during sex, her chances of getting pregnant are greatly reduced.

When we talk about PrEP in connection to HIV and women, we are referring to the idea of HIV-negative women taking HIV drugs to reduce their risk of becoming HIV-positive if they are exposed to the virus. Some people use the term 'topical PrEP' to describe the use of microbicide gels (e.g., vaginal gels containing HIV drugs). However, in this article when we talk about PrEP, we are referring only to 'oral PrEP,' or HIV drugs taken by mouth as prevention.

(Sounds like you are looking to do potential bareback)

Thanks for the explanation.
I thought he meant Prep as in the shaving rash cream #wasconfused

Same here Huron.

Okay- Now I get it....

On 2018-04-06 13:27:01 joekasi said:
Are there any wg on prep ?

I am. Prevention is better than cure. I still practice safe sex though...

Ladies I know this is an uncomfortable topic but HIV is real. South Africa has one of the highest infection rates in the world. Prep is medication that HIV negative people take daily to build up immunity in their systems.In the event that you are possibly exposed to HIV, let's say a condom bursts while you're with a client or slips off, the Prep already in your system will make sure that you don't get HIV.

Do note that you cannot take Prep if you're already HIV positive. However, this is not the end of the world, you can live a full and healthy life. This is where ARV's specifically made to deal with this come in. You can speak to your gp about this as I have limited information.

There is no denying that sexwork is a very risky profession. Arm yourself and make sure you're safe.

We also have something called Pep. Pep is different from Prep as it is used for emergency purposes. If a condom bursts during sex or your partner quickly slips it off without your knowledge, you must immediately see a GP for assistance. They will do an HIV test first then if you are negative, you will be put on Pep for about 30 days to reduce your risk of possible infection. Pep must be taken ASAP and within 72 hours. It must be taken daily, for a full month without skipping days. Pep can destroy the HIV before it gets into your blood stream. Safe punting everyone :).

@thee hot chocolate that is informative and quite correct according to my knowledge, specifically on the use of medication for pre and post exposure. Just out of curiosity and taking into cognisence the side effects of such medication, I would think unless one intends to always dance in the rain without a rain coat, one would rather take post exposure meds for only a month incases of accidents or post exposure as opposed to gobbling the meds daily and still wearing a coat. Hope you view this as a frank discussion.

@kasijoe i am also curious about your interest in this. There could be atleast 2 possibilities; you want to walk bare footed with little to no chance of being prickled (lady is negative and taking care of herself) or you want to go raw with little chance of infecting the lady. Either way you don't owe me an answer, happy punting!