Question
Will ARVs interfere with me taking the pill?
17 February 2017. Related: All topics, Pregnancy.
Do ARVs affect the efficiency of birth control pills?
Answer
Thanks for getting in touch.
Please see here for info about ARVs and contraception.
If you could tell me what ARVs you are taking as well as which pill, I’ll be able to tell you if there will be any interaction.
Hello Lulu and thanks for getting in touch.
I cannot answer your question without more information about the ARVs you are taking.
I can tell you however that there are many forms of contraceptive pill one with progesterone and one combining progesterone and oestrogen.
Please discuss this with your doctor as there might be specific restrictions from your medical history and interactions with other medication you might be taking including ARVs that might make on type of contraception pill more appropriate than the other.
You can also check for specific interactions here:
https://www.hiv-druginteractions.org
Hi, I am Lulu. I am on ARVs so I want to change depo to birth control pill. I want to know if it won’t interfere and if I am safe to take it
Hello Zanele and thanks for the question.
There is no interaction between your medication
You can check yourself here: https://www.hiv-druginteractions.org/checker
I would like to know if triphasil will affect volutrip
Hi Thembi, the morning after pill to prevent pregnancy will not be affected if you are taking Luviden as HIV treatment.
Hi I’m Thembi I’m taking Luvigen ARVsand I took morning after pill immediately after sex like 20 min after. Will it work
Hi Itumeleng, oral contraceptives do not interact with the HIV meds in Luvigen, which is a generic version of TLD:
https://i-base.info/guides/14970
Hi. I was wondering if taking triphasil while I am on ARVs (Luvigen) will be effective?
Hi Mandy, do you mean the combined pill?
I am on TLD can i take the control pill in zimbabwe