Is there a medicine that treats the AIDS virus if you know you got it within the first 24 hours of getting it?

i dont think there's a definite cure for HIV+ patients but if u happen to get exposed to the virus, the physician generally starts the anti viral mediciations for prophylaxis. as HIV is a retrovirus so they call the medications Anti Retrovirals. but there is still on going research going on for its cure.

Supposedly, antiretroviral therapy, if taken immediately after an incident like that, is enough to stop trnsmission of the virus, because it might kill it before it has time to replicate to an extent to which the disease becomes manifest. No one knows for sure though, because it wouldn't be very ethical to do a sudy to find out! But it's better to be safe than sorry. After a rape, people are given a 28 day pack of ARV medication to help decrease their risk, in a continent like Africe, it's definitely worth the side effects that may be experienced!

Yes, Retrovirales(Spanish). Its basically the same medication for HIV+ patients. People who work in the medical field use it when they get pricked by a needle or when they come in contact with large amounts of blood from their patients. As in to have unprotected sex and acquire the virus and start taking medication from day 1, well there is a slight chance you might not get infected. good day.

I suppose if I was in such a situation I would take the PPE treatment. But actually no-one knows if it has any effect at all. It's true that no-one has developed an active HIV infection after taking the treatment. But its also true that none of these people had any way of knowing if they actually were infected. They took the treatment "just in case" they might be infected. Having sex with an HIV-positive partner does not guarantee that you are infected. Some couples with one HIV-positive partner have sexual relations regularly for a long time without the other partner becoming infected.