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Vitamin with pills?
Apr 17, 2003
Is it ok to take vitamins with my medication or should I wait 2 hours after. I am taking Trizvir and Sustiva.
Thanks
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Response from Mr. Vergel
No studies to date have looked at interactions between Sustiva and nucleosides (Trizivir),so we really do not know what the right thing to do is. I am assuming you take your medications with food (keep in mind that high fat meals can lower Sustiva levels in the blood). Until a study is published that says otherwise, keep taking your vitamins with food and with your medications since taking your vitamins without food may upset your stomach.
The only supplements that have been studied so far and found to have interactions (with protease inhibitors only) have been St John's Wort, garlic, and possibly Milk Thistle.
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