Be Sure You’re HIV Negative
Before starting PrEP, you must test HIV negative. HIV tests have a variable “window period” between when someone has been exposed to HIV and when the test can detect it. Be honest about any HIV risk during the window period. Get tested again after taking a break from PrEP. “If you stop using it for a period of time,” says PrEP advocate Damon Jacobs, “do not restart without a confirmed HIV-negative test.”
