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Can antiviral drugs for herpes effect HIV test result

Can being on antiviral drugs for herpes effect the early testing for HIV test ?
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Move on, his question was about HIV.
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Re posted in herpes section as i know this is for HIV only questions.
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Hi Fleetwood - Taking it for potential herpes 2 after symptoms (no lesions though) Just tested for it again at 8 weeks. If negative will stop taking them (as I think I am paranoid) Thank you for the 99.99% on HIV test, just waiting for my HIV 8 week result as well. (as teak said I will test again at 12 weeks)
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No and it will not affect your testing timeline. Your 3 month post exposure test will be conclusive
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No, the antivirals will have absolutely no impact on the HIV testing. Your 4th generation test is 99.9% accurate at 4 weeks. You do not have HIV.

Why are you taking HSV antivirals?
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