{"id":4807,"date":"2022-03-14T23:17:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T16:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/?p=4807"},"modified":"2024-08-25T16:01:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T09:01:16","slug":"contents-pep-post-exposure-prophylaxis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/en\/contents-pep-post-exposure-prophylaxis\/","title":{"rendered":"What is PEP medicine?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4807\" class=\"elementor elementor-4807 elementor-506\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7883cad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7883cad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-100d00e\" data-id=\"100d00e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c984d74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c984d74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PEP-content-800x800.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-508\" alt=\"\u0e22\u0e32\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e4a\u0e1b (PEP)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PEP-content-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PEP-content-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PEP-content-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PEP-content.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80569a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"80569a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is PEP medicine (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis)?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcb9433 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcb9433\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis) is a medication taken to prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/en\/department\/hiv\/\">HIV<\/a> infection after potential exposure. This can occur from unexpected situations, such as a condom breaking or slipping during intercourse. It is commonly referred to as emergency anti-HIV medication.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8df563c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8df563c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Take PEP<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0434b9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0434b9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PEP consists of three antiretroviral drugs taken once daily. Initial side effects may include nausea, discomfort, and slight dizziness due to the medication components. However, these side effects are minimal and usually improve within 2-5 days after starting PEP.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c68d138 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c68d138\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who Should Take PEP?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-261859d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"261859d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPEP is suitable for individuals at risk of HIV infection following high-risk sexual encounters as described above. The medication should be taken within 72 hours of exposure, and it must be continued for a total of 28 days. <br>PEP is not recommended if the risk of HIV infection exceeds 72 hours, as it may not be effective if the infection has already occurred.\n<br>Before starting PEP, a blood test is required to ensure the absence of existing HIV infection. PEP should never be used without knowing your HIV status.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is PEP medicine (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis)? PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis) is a medication taken to prevent HIV infection after potential exposure. This can occur from unexpected situations, such as a condom breaking or slipping during intercourse. It is commonly referred to as emergency anti-HIV medication. How to Take PEP PEP consists of three antiretroviral drugs taken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contents"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4807"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4815,"href":"https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4807\/revisions\/4815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pskclinicbkk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}