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Hope you well dr , just started my prep medication 4 days ago , experiencing bad dream @ night time is normal to experience this ?

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Drug Side Effect: Some antiretroviral medications are known to cause nightmares and sleep disturbance. This side effect is far less common for the medications includes in approved HIV PrEP formulations. These side effects are temporary and will typically subside within a month after first starting to take the drug.

Answered 9/7/2020

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

PREP: Per Drugs.COm Emtricitabine-tenofovir DF may have associated insomnia or abnormal dreams in 1 to 10%. There can be the same symtpoms with Emtricitabine in more than 10% of patients.

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