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Doctor Please Please Help Me! I Recently Took An ORAQUIK
Doctor please please help me! I recently took an ORAQUIK oral swab HIV test and after reading the ingredients I have become very fearful of the test. This is from their website:
"Contains: HIV 1 & 2 Peptides/Panel Members (Defibrinated), GP-36 Peptide [Biotinylated](N/A), GP-41 Peptide
[Biotinylated](N/A), Modified Avidin (1405-69-02) and F(Ab)â2 Goat Anti-Human IgG (H+L) (N/A). "
http://www.oraquick.com/assets/base/oraqui ckfull/pdf/OraQuick_In-Home_HIV_Test_SDS.p df
A google search led me to find that panel members are hiv-positive plasma, although I believe inactivated- but you never know if human mistake occurred. Is this true????
I am so upset at finding this information because up until now I believed the test contained no viruses.
I am scared that there may have been HIV that could have gotten on the pad used to swab the gums. In the worst case scenario that that there were active viruses , would this be a risk? Please help as this is really scaring me
"Contains: HIV 1 & 2 Peptides/Panel Members (Defibrinated), GP-36 Peptide [Biotinylated](N/A), GP-41 Peptide
[Biotinylated](N/A), Modified Avidin (1405-69-02) and F(Ab)â2 Goat Anti-Human IgG (H+L) (N/A). "
http://www.oraquick.com/assets/base/oraqui ckfull/pdf/OraQuick_In-Home_HIV_Test_SDS.p df
A google search led me to find that panel members are hiv-positive plasma, although I believe inactivated- but you never know if human mistake occurred. Is this true????
I am so upset at finding this information because up until now I believed the test contained no viruses.
I am scared that there may have been HIV that could have gotten on the pad used to swab the gums. In the worst case scenario that that there were active viruses , would this be a risk? Please help as this is really scaring me
