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Is there any other medicine apart from pep, which can be taken after 72 hours for potential risk (hiv) exposure? Thanks.
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Certainly not, till date. But PEP is recommended in occupational (means health care personnel) exposure cases, to be started as early as possible. By 48 hrs the virus reaches the lymph nodes&dissemination starts.
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