Question
Can you take multivitamins with Biktarvy?
14 July 2021. Related: All topics.
I just switched to Biktarvy. Is it okay to take it along with my morning dose of Areds2 (vitamin C, E, zinc, copper)?
Answer
Thanks for getting in touch.
Biktarvy includes an integrase inhibitor which can have an interaction with multivitamins that include magnesium, aluminium or iron supplements. This means separating doses by at least two hours. If your supplements don’t include these, they are okay to take together.
This is the i-Base summary for Biktarvy:
https://i-base.info/guides/13752
This includes links to patient info and the full prescribing details on the EU medicines agency.
The full prescribing details (called SPC) are linked here:
https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/biktarvy-epar-product-information_en.pdf (PDF)
Hello Jose and thanks for getting in touch.
Do you need to take a multivitamin?
Here in i-base we suggest people take multivitamin if they need them otherwise this too can have adverse effects.
To take it with biktarvy you need to space it by 6 hours as it contains metals that prevent Biktarvy’s absorption.
Translated with google translate:
Hola José y gracias por ponerte en contacto.
¿Necesitas tomar un multivitamínico?
Aquí en i-base sugerimos que las personas tomen multivitamínicos si los necesitan, de lo contrario, esto también puede tener efectos adversos.
Para tomarlo con Biktarvy, debe espaciarlo por 6 horas, ya que contiene metales que impiden la absorción de Biktarvy.
Puedo tomar Muvareta si estoy tomando Biktarvy?
Translated with google translate
Can I take Muvareta if I am taking Biktarvy?
Hello Elba and thanks for getting in touch.
You need to space any metal-containing medication by 6 hours from Biktarvy.
Try also taking it with food, it might help.
Translated with google translate:
Hola Elba, gracias por comunicarte.
Debes dejar un intervalo de 6 horas entre la toma de Biktarvy y la toma de cualquier medicamento que contenga metales.
Prueba también a tomarlo con alimentos, puede que te ayude.
Tomo biktarby mi dosis la acostumbro en el desayuno 8.00 am. Diaruamente . Piedo tomar acido de magnecio de zinck.
Como padezco de acides estomacal.
Estoy buscando alternativas
Translated with google translate:
I take biktarby, my usual dose is at breakfast at 8:00 am. Daily. Can I take magnesium zinc acid, as I suffer from heartburn?
I am looking for alternatives
Hello Janice and thanks for getting in touch.
The most important thing is for you to find what works well for you.
Try spacing them by 6 hours at least.
You could take the multivitamin in the morning (like 07.00 in the morning) and your Biktarvy with lunch at 13.00 or 14.00.
You could take either in the morning, and the other at night.
It doesn’t matter which way you do it as long as it works for you.
My multi vitamins have iron and magnesium in them so should I take the Biktarvy in morning and multivitamin at night or the other way around? Please let me know soon cause I was going to start taking the Biktarvy tomorrow. Thanks
Hi Richard, because of some of the vitamins/minerals that this supplement contains e.g., magnesium, zinc and calcium, it is recommeneded that you take them at the opposite end of the day to when you take Biktarvy.
This is because the supplements can risk preventing all the Biktarvy being absorbed by the body and reducing how well it works.
Puedo tomar el suplemento B flex aun tomando biktarvy? Agradezco repuestas!