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Does HIV stop staying from your body once the drug reaches protective levels?

t’s important for the person using PrEP to have taken the pills in enough time BEFORE sex and to continue to take the pills AFTER sex.
This ensures that the drug reaches and maintains levels that are sufficient to be protective
PrEP stops the HIV virus from replicating and reproducing inside the body
Continuing to take PrEP after sex maintains protective coverage in the event that some HIV virus remains in the body after sex