to your last point about sharing razors and piercings with your friend: you should not do this. not because your friend might be infected with hiv but because it's not hygienic under any circumstances. there are many other bloodborne illnesses you could get from sharing razors needles and other items including hepatitis c. to your larger question. there probably is no way for you to know for sure what is going on with your friend. due to patient privacy laws you cannot (for example) call up her doctor and ask if she has hiv or not. it is highly unlikely that she would be prescribed complera if she did not have hiv-1. most medications can be prescribed "off-label. " that is doctors can use prescription medications for conditions other than the ones they were approved to treat. however it is unlikely that a medication like complera would have many off-label uses. i feel you have to err on the side of caution here. go and get an hiv test on yourself. it's a good idea to do this regularly anyway if you're sexually active or if you share needles razors or other items that can transmit viruses. wishing you well!
can hiv meds (complera) be taken by people who don't have hiv? . my friend claims she got a false positive hiv test because her immune system is in very bad shape. she was talking about viral load (i thought that only has to do with hiv not viruses in general? ) and a high t-cell count. her doctor prescribed her hiv medication (complera) to take for the rest of her life even though she doesn't have hiv just a very bad immune system. is this even possible or is she lying? we're very close we share razors and piercings should i get tested?