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Is PEP warranted for my exposure

My doctor recently put me on a combination of drugs for PEP, the drugs are lamzid and efavirenz and have very serious side effects. My exposure was licking/sucking a nipple of a non-pregnant HIV positive person. No milk came or blood came out but just had an after taste in my mouth. The act was for 2-3 seconds. What are my chances of getting HIV and are the reported cases of infection in adults, cause I know with babies you can.
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You're last post was correct as I insisted on getting PEP, but I regret it now due to side effects
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480448 tn?1426948538
You definitely do not need it.  The decision is yours to make, we can't tell you what to do one way or another.  It should have never been prescribed for you.
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Do you suggest that I stop taking PEP?. This was my only exposure
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480448 tn?1426948538
You should have never been prescribed nPEP, but my guess is, perhaps you insisted?  nPEP is nothing to take lightly, it comes with very significant side effects, and risks of its own.

You never had an HIV risk, regardless of where you're from, ,or who your partner is.  Adults cannot become infected by exposure to infected breast milk.
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Adults are not susceptible to HIV infection through ingestion of breast milk. There are no reported cases of infection in adults through breast milk exposure. You were prescribed PEP unnecessarily and irresponsibly.
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