You get 2 injections and it is extremely painful. Don't plan on standing or walking for about 30 mins after. Make sure they do one in each cheek or you will be walking with a limp in circles for a couple days.

@A myHIVteam Member, I don't find them painful at all. A little discomfort for maybe 10 minutes then everything is good to go.
But not everyone will have the same effects as me

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I’ve been on the Cabenuva injections for about 4 months. The actual injections arent painful but the next few hours can be. One injection always hurts more afterwards than the other & makes the entire cheek swollen for quite a few hours. I have less digestive issues now than taking any pills. I would highly recommend

I have talked about this with my physician and did not feel the trade off of having to schedule visits every 8 weeks was mot worth the trade off in medication administration

I have not changed from my one HIV pill daily to the shot for a few reasons. One of them is that I keep hearing from our Gilead drug rep about people on HIV injectables developing resistance and then needing to go on multiple pill regiments after.