Beta Blockers

Questions for the Doctor

Background:
On the 14th of July, I had a one night stand (unprotected vaginal sex) with an ex-girlfriend of unknown HIV status, I know she has had unprotected sex several times with three different men in the last year. Also about 4 months ago she was admitted to hospital overnight with acute tonsillitis???, (fever, headache but no running nose), she hadn

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

You have been rather grossly overtested given the near-zero risk exposures you describe.  But the negative test results prove you did not acquire HIV.  All the rest (your symptoms etc) are irrelevant, i.e. the test results prove they cannot be due to HIV.  No medicine, beta blockers or anything else, has any effect on the reliability of HIV testing.  (There may be exceptions for potent chemotherapy, but even that is uncertain.)

Good luck--  HHH, MD

[skerdstraght68]

You're negative to everyones standards, even the conservative ones.