Today is Day 5 – Last night I took the two pills at 3am (before I went to sleep). I again, took them on a nice full stomach and drank a small bottle of local yoghurt because, as I have said before, I am a big believer that you should keep up with local gut flora to help you digest and work through unusual bacterias whilst you are in another country. On this night however, I did have some pretty dreadful and powerful bloating. I was bloated I felt dreadful! My belly was a big bump. I tried to poop but that wasn’t it. I flushed it through with a hand held bidet enema to a certain extent, and I tried to take some mint Thai stomach natural calming pills which didn’t do anything. I fell asleep at 7am. Was fine when I woke up. This is the first serious side effect I have had.
If you are about to go through this process/ 30 day course of these HIV PEP medication, then, if you are anything like me (as described in my first blog), I hope you also have no significant or debilitating side effects.
Emergency HIV Treatment (PEP); 30 Day Treatment Diary & Side Effects Review 