Can you stop HIV?

I have been told that there are anti-virals that may help mitigate the risk is this true?

how early after infection should you use them to stop HIV

There is a relatively new treatment called PEP. This is effective up to 72 hours after a potential HIV exposure. The sooner the better as far as effectiveness goes. The treatment consists of a very gruelling month of chemotherapy like treatment.

Well, the sad reality is that you cannot stop HIV from progressing. You are right, there are anti-virals you can take but that doesnt stop the progression, it only slows it down the progression and minimizes symptoms.

ASAP they use them incase someone such as a health work, EMT, Police officer might have been infected or anyone exposed to great risk of HIV.

Go to the hospital and get it done now if you think you have been infected.

See the links below (especially the first one)...

If you have a possible exposure to HIV you need to get those "anti virals" within 6 days. The sooner the better. Of course the best bet is to not get exposed. I am in the medical field so every day I face a possibility of exposure. Believe me, I make it a point to know what my options are if I am exposed.

Despite what lacey says, if you get the anti-virals soon enough, you can stop it from infecting you.

the medication that are out on the market right now for HIV/AIDS are called ANTIRETROVIRAL AGENTS. They do not stop the risk of spreading the disease but they do stop the multiplication of the disease. Heres how:

1. Fusion inhibitors- these meds prevent HIV from entering into a healthy CD4 cell (t-cell or immune system cell). These meds block specific proteins on the surface that are required to gain entry

2.NNRTI's: Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors-
These meds stop HIV producation by binding directly onto a RNA thread and prevent it from turning into a HIV DNA thread

3.NRTI's: Non-Nucleoside/tide Reverse Inhibitors- These meds incorporate themselves into the reversed DNA of the virus and stops the building process. This results in incomplete DNA which cant create new viruses.

4. Protease Inhibitors- These meds prevent HIV from being successfully assembled and released from the infected CD4 cells