The last question of the week was interesting. I had to do some research about PEP and express my feelings about taking it if I was stuck with a needle. I was interested in the research because I plan to work in health care so this could very well be my own situation, or someone that I know. I decided that I would choose to take the medication despite the side effects. Some of those included vomiting, fatigue and diarrhea. I felt as though I could deal with these for a month, or less if needed. When I read that if you were stuck with a large bore needle you would need to take the triple drug combination, as oppose to the double, I found that the triple can cause more severe side effects. These included gastrointestinal and liver problems. I think I would still choose to use the medicine despite this because testing positive would be more detrimental. As I read some of our classmate’s posts I saw most of them would choose to take the medication. I’m glad that I was asked this question because it pertains to my actual life.
Did You Know?
In 2007 a college in Delaware was very afraid of an HIV scare. A woman prostitute was caught by police after running naked through the dorms. She told police that she was HIV positive and had sex with about 10 men on campus for money. She was unsure if condoms were used or not. Cheyney University urged students to go get tested, especially if they had sex with this woman. Outrageous! I guess for some odd reason I thought that college students would have a little more sense than this. I can’t find any updated information about the student’s status, but I will continue to look and inform you all if I do.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17854897&BRD=1725&PAG=461&dept_id=45529&rfi=15
Sorry guys, it's not letting me embed the video for some reason. Can you imagine if this was your mom!!??http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeufNA-Rbc0