Free HIV Testing

If you have been exposed to HIV within the last 72 hours, you should reach out to your prescriber. You can be prescribed PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis). You can take pills for 4 weeks. This is 80% effective at preventing HIV. The sooner you can talk to a prescriber and start the medicine, the more effective PEP is. Our pharmacy staff will help you get connected to a prescriber to get you started.

If it’s been longer than 72 hours, PEP is not effective. You will need to wait to take an HIV test.

HIV can be prevented through safe sex practices. You should use a condom and know the status of your partners.

You can also take a medicine to prevent HIV. There are pills that you take everyday and there is an injection that you get every 2 months.

Don’t share needles or injection equipment.

We will work with the Philadelphia Department of Health to make sure that you can get a prescriber to start medication right away. There are several clinics that we have partnered with to get you an appointment as soon as possible. HIV is treatable, and you can live a full healthy life.

This means that you most likely do not have HIV. However, if you think that you have been exposed with the last 90 days, you should be retested. Our pharmacy staff can talk to you about PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) which is a type of medicine that can help prevent HIV. There are daily pills and an every 2 month injection available. Our pharmacy staff also has free condoms available.

The HIV test is 99% accurate. However, if you think you have been exposed to HIV within the last 90 days, you should get retested.

You can expect to be at the pharmacy for about 15-20 minutes. The HIV test itself takes about 1 minute. A pharmacy staff member will talk to you about how to prevent HIV, where to get treatment, and answer any questions that you have.

It’s free! There is no cost to you.