This post seems backward - PEP is for needlesticks or other post exposure events and PrEP is for pre-exposure risks. So you’d be on PrEP first then need to know if you need PEP or not.
They are saying “what happens if you already got stuck and are on PEP. Does your PEP then work as PREP if you were to get stuck again? Or do you just take an extra dose of PEP.”
No, it's Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP). It's medication you take after and before you might have been exposed to HIV, respectively. (Reduces the chances of getting HIV from a needle prick.)
This post seems backward - PEP is for needlesticks or other post exposure events and PrEP is for pre-exposure risks. So you’d be on PrEP first then need to know if you need PEP or not.
They are saying “what happens if you already got stuck and are on PEP. Does your PEP then work as PREP if you were to get stuck again? Or do you just take an extra dose of PEP.”
Ah, thats much clearer to make sense of - thanks!
Should probably look at your technique if you are this prone to needlesticks.
I have no idea wtf this post is even about. Is this a colonoscopy prep it's referring to?
No, it's Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP). It's medication you take after and before you might have been exposed to HIV, respectively. (Reduces the chances of getting HIV from a needle prick.)
I have never heard it called that...Oh well.
What have you heard it called? I've only ever heard these.
Just prophylactics.