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By *immyMcGill OP   Man
7 weeks ago

Hornchurch

Hi all.

I’ve been doing some research and found out that Swingers should be able to get a free hepatitis B vaccination from their local sexual health clinic. Probably worth doing if you like to play bare so I think I’ll make an appointment. I’m getting some free PrEP through SH.UK too which I’ll use event based rather than every day. This has been advertised heavily to the gay community but not seemingly to swingers.

Does anyone have experience of the HEP B vaccine? Does it make you ill?

Also, I understand that a HEP A vaccine is available but that they don’t do those at the sexual health clinic. You can only get those from your GP if you’re travelling to a high risk place like the North Africa region. HEP A is spread by fecal matter getting in your mouth. It can be spread by trace quantities with poor food prep hygeine, for example.

It doesn’t seem that impossible to me that you could get HEP A in a gangbang situation, swingers club or whatever. If someone has gone ass to pussy on a woman and you play with the same girl later and go down on her…. Or even just rimming someone of either sex….?

I suppose you could just fib to your GP that you’re visiting North Africa to get the HEP A vaccine. Has anyone tried this?

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By *orth_London_Guy100Man
7 weeks ago

London

I have had both the Hep A & B vaccines - both fine and had no effect from either. You can get both from the Sexual Health clinic. You might be able to get HPV and MPOX as well.

However, these services are offered to men who have sex with men. Interesting that you managed to get PREP as a straight guy.

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By *uckslut and MCouple
7 weeks ago

Derby

I had either Hep A or B for my line of work. I was a dental nurse. I've now had the other one, I can't remember which.

I asked when attending my reg 3 monthly clinic apppointment. What and if I could have any other jabs ect. I was offered it, and took up the offer. I only had a sore arm after. I'm of the opionion to try and prevent, than shut the barn door when the horse has bolted.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
7 weeks ago

Central


"Hi all.

I’ve been doing some research and found out that Swingers should be able to get a free hepatitis B vaccination from their local sexual health clinic. Probably worth doing if you like to play bare so I think I’ll make an appointment. I’m getting some free PrEP through SH.UK too which I’ll use event based rather than every day. This has been advertised heavily to the gay community but not seemingly to swingers.

Does anyone have experience of the HEP B vaccine? Does it make you ill?

Also, I understand that a HEP A vaccine is available but that they don’t do those at the sexual health clinic. You can only get those from your GP if you’re travelling to a high risk place like the North Africa region. HEP A is spread by fecal matter getting in your mouth. It can be spread by trace quantities with poor food prep hygeine, for example.

It doesn’t seem that impossible to me that you could get HEP A in a gangbang situation, swingers club or whatever. If someone has gone ass to pussy on a woman and you play with the same girl later and go down on her…. Or even just rimming someone of either sex….?

I suppose you could just fib to your GP that you’re visiting North Africa to get the HEP A vaccine. Has anyone tried this?"

Hepatitis A vaccination can be available at clinics, subject to your meeting their criteria. Like most vaccines, they are available via multiple sources, including privately.

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By (user no longer on site)
7 weeks ago

Adult performers are classed as sex workers so apart from most getting certed every 30 days, (so NOT a home test kit, nor getting a text saying OK but a paper or digital certificate listing what you are tested for, headed paper and a lovely signature), HEP is part and parcel of what you get done when you first start getting tested.

T

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By *rixie_BlondeWoman
7 weeks ago

London (She/Her)

Just want AFAB women to know, event-based PREP doesn’t work for us so you need to take it every day. You can get it for free if you tell them your male partner is bi

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By *immyMcGill OP   Man
7 weeks ago

Hornchurch


"Just want AFAB women to know, event-based PREP doesn’t work for us so you need to take it every day. You can get it for free if you tell them your male partner is bi "

Women can take PrEP event based but the dosing is different. Event based is only with Truvada rather than the alternative brand. That’s for either gender.

For a man it’s 2:1:1. That’s two tablets two to twenty four hours before sex and then another 24 hours after and the last 48 hours after. If you have further risky sex during the ‘after’ period you have to keep taking one tablet every day until two days have passed after risky sex.

For a woman it’s exactly the same but the two single tablets after the even turn into seven. They call it 2:7. For obvious reasons, if you’re having risky sex any more than once a week you’re effectively taking it daily anyway. I can imagine might still be a useful tool for some though.

I know of a couple that only routinely play bare with a few trusted male FWB. They also, however periodically attend hotwife gangbang events where the lady takes ‘all comers’ but these are sometimes months apart. At these events everyone is tested, but testing isn’t perfect. For HIV it’s actually pretty useless. The person could be infected in the 45 days before the test and show negative. If you add the 45 days to however long between tests you’re accepting (three months is the norm) then that’s a four and a half month window. Even if you insist on a test less than 10 days old it nearly a two month window. These events have got to be pretty risky for the men too. I guess you’re going into a woman with a blend of so many guys in her and any of those could be positive. Way safer to use PrEP. That’s really why I wanted it.

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By *immyMcGill OP   Man
7 weeks ago

Hornchurch


"Adult performers are classed as sex workers so apart from most getting certed every 30 days, (so NOT a home test kit, nor getting a text saying OK but a paper or digital certificate listing what you are tested for, headed paper and a lovely signature), HEP is part and parcel of what you get done when you first start getting tested.

T

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Trixie, did you get a vaccine for both HEP A and B or was it only B?

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By *ittleMissCali_MrDJCouple
7 weeks ago

wonderland.


"Just want AFAB women to know, event-based PREP doesn’t work for us so you need to take it every day. You can get it for free if you tell them your male partner is bi "
you can't.... I used to be allowed it.. as I was regularly doing gb... but as I only do safe sex, although I do oral without.. I was told I no longer was able to have it.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
7 weeks ago

Central


"Just want AFAB women to know, event-based PREP doesn’t work for us so you need to take it every day. You can get it for free if you tell them your male partner is bi you can't.... I used to be allowed it.. as I was regularly doing gb... but as I only do safe sex, although I do oral without.. I was told I no longer was able to have it. "

Lots of people get Prep privately, if they're not getting it via the NHS.

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By *immyMcGill OP   Man
7 weeks ago

Hornchurch


"Just want AFAB women to know, event-based PREP doesn’t work for us so you need to take it every day. You can get it for free if you tell them your male partner is bi you can't.... I used to be allowed it.. as I was regularly doing gb... but as I only do safe sex, although I do oral without.. I was told I no longer was able to have it. "

I guess they must think you aren’t at risk. There appear to be some varying opinions on the risk of doing OWO. Some websites say zero risk, some quote a very small risk like one in tens of thousands per encounter. I guess there could be aggravating factors like if you had a sore part in your mouth after dental work or similar.

If you wanted it I suppose you could just fib and say you do bareback. I highly doubt that there could be any bad consequences to that.

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By *immyMcGill OP   Man
7 weeks ago

Hornchurch


"Just want AFAB women to know, event-based PREP doesn’t work for us so you need to take it every day. You can get it for free if you tell them your male partner is bi you can't.... I used to be allowed it.. as I was regularly doing gb... but as I only do safe sex, although I do oral without.. I was told I no longer was able to have it.

Lots of people get Prep privately, if they're not getting it via the NHS. "

Yeah. It’s relatively expensive though. About £50 for thirty tablets. If they give it out free to some people without ‘means testing’ their finances then they should give it to everyone that wants it, subject to explaining the health risks (osteoperosis if you’re a drinker, long term kidney damage.). I find it highly discriminatory that they only gave it to gay men and sex workers for quite a while. There were and are others at risk.

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By *ittleMissCali_MrDJCouple
7 weeks ago

wonderland.


"Just want AFAB women to know, event-based PREP doesn’t work for us so you need to take it every day. You can get it for free if you tell them your male partner is bi you can't.... I used to be allowed it.. as I was regularly doing gb... but as I only do safe sex, although I do oral without.. I was told I no longer was able to have it.

Lots of people get Prep privately, if they're not getting it via the NHS. "
I was having sex with more guys in a week than your average sex worker but because it is counted as recreational, I suddenly was playing too safe. The mind boggles on how they work it out

I just now don't do so much group stuff... especially now I don't get that extra layer of protection. I could lie of course..which I have to do to get throat swabs

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By *immyMcGill OP   Man
7 weeks ago

Hornchurch


"Just want AFAB women to know, event-based PREP doesn’t work for us so you need to take it every day. You can get it for free if you tell them your male partner is bi you can't.... I used to be allowed it.. as I was regularly doing gb... but as I only do safe sex, although I do oral without.. I was told I no longer was able to have it.

Lots of people get Prep privately, if they're not getting it via the NHS. I was having sex with more guys in a week than your average sex worker but because it is counted as recreational, I suddenly was playing too safe. The mind boggles on how they work it out

I just now don't do so much group stuff... especially now I don't get that extra layer of protection. I could lie of course..which I have to do to get throat swabs "

I guess a sex worker working solo might be at more risk of getting ra*ed bareback than you are if you’re playing with your husband and others there for your protection. That’s about the only additional risk for them that I can think of. There’s an equal risk that a condom could split in either case and that will happen from time to time.

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By *ameonCodeMan
6 weeks ago

exeter

No it doesn’t make you ill and there are three doses . Which you have to take at every 3 weeks or 2 weeks interval

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By *lice AgainTV/TS
6 weeks ago

Bristol

I get Hep B through work and had Hep A when I went to south east Asia.

Walked into the GP and said 'what can I have for free'...

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By *idnight_Express69Man
6 weeks ago

Rochdale

Truvada (PrEP) causes osteopenia, the precursor to osteoporosis.

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By *piritualSFCMan
6 weeks ago

london

Hep A is fee if you are travelling. Hep B is free if at risk, but usually have to pay for. Last 10years if dosing is right. Worth it if a sex worker. Lot.of undiagnosed hep B.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Horsham

I had Hep B years ago, as part of my work.

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By *lice AgainTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Bristol

Lucky enough to have Hep B through work and Hep A from going abroad.

Hep A was free when I said where I was going.

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By *4thfloorTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Dublin / Sligo


"Truvada (PrEP) causes osteopenia, the precursor to osteoporosis. "

Bone mineral density loss on PrEP has been measured at 0.5-1%, which is clinically insignificant for the vast majority of people, especially when weighted against the protection it provides from HIV/AIDS.

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By *erry bull1Man
3 weeks ago

doncaster

Fully vaccinated and on prep and tested regularly

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By *idnight_Express69Man
3 weeks ago

Rochdale


"Truvada (PrEP) causes osteopenia, the precursor to osteoporosis.

Bone mineral density loss on PrEP has been measured at 0.5-1%, which is clinically insignificant for the vast majority of people, especially when weighted against the protection it provides from HIV/AIDS."

I know folks who took it as part of HAART and following routine monitoring DXA bone scans have been diagnosed with osteopenia, and consequently this medication is no longer part of their treatment. I do not dispute the protection it provides against HIV, and meant it more in the spirit of wishing that big pharma offered a healthier alternative for long term users. It’s no longer under patent, so it’s cheap. That’s why it’s used.

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By *idnight_Express69Man
3 weeks ago

Rochdale


"Truvada (PrEP) causes osteopenia, the precursor to osteoporosis.

Bone mineral density loss on PrEP has been measured at 0.5-1%, which is clinically insignificant for the vast majority of people, especially when weighted against the protection it provides from HIV/AIDS.

I know folks who took it as part of HAART and following routine monitoring DXA bone scans have been diagnosed with osteopenia, and consequently this medication is no longer part of their treatment. I do not dispute the protection it provides against HIV, and meant it more in the spirit of wishing that big pharma offered a healthier alternative for long term users. It’s no longer under patent, so it’s cheap. That’s why it’s used.

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Tenofovir Alafenamide is a newer drug in the same NRTI class of medicines, essentially the same medication, with a better safety and bone profile that Tenofovir (Truvada) but it’s still under patent so too expensive. Once it comes off patent, this will hopefully replace Truvada.

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By *immyMcGill OP   Man
3 weeks ago

Hornchurch

If the pharmaceutical companies didn’t get a significant timescale to profit from their products then we’d never get any new products. The profit incentive makes these things happen.

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