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Can I take black seeds with my HIV medication?

Can black seeds be taken with HIV treatment? Will the black seeds boost your immune system?

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Hi, how are you doing?

Please see this related post:
https://i-base.info/qa/13017

There is no benefit from taking black seed (Nigella sativa, thymoquinone).

Like thousands of other herbs there are no studies about drug interactions.

Josh.

12 comments

  1. Simon Collins •

    Hi T – no it doesn’t work and there is no evidence to show it does.

  2. T •

    Do it help with hiv patients

  3. Simon Collins •

    Thanks Robert, I’ve seen this paper before and the difficulty with a single case report is that there is no way to show whether or not these seeds made any difference or whether these test results would have happened anyway. The impact of any treatment needs to be looked at in studies with more than one person and to compare people using the compound compared to those you didn’t, preferable with the groups being randimised and double-blinded.

  4. Robert •

    Nigella sativa for 6 months causes seroconversion back to seronegative.studies have been done.
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3847425/

  5. Josh Peasegood •

    Hi Fatimoh, please see the answer to the main question on this post.

  6. Fatimoh •

    Can I take black seed oil with HIV drugs

  7. Josh Peasegood •

    HI Patience, how much weight have you gained and over how long? As mentioned in the main question there is no benefit to taking black seed. Are you currently on ART?

  8. Patience •

    Patience
    How riski for me to take black seed while I’m HIV positive I’ve gained a lot of weight desperate of loosing it

  9. Simon Collins •

    Hi Khehla, please see these two links for more info:
    i-base.info/qa/17818
    and
    i-base.info/qa/13017

  10. Khehla •

    Good day. Please advice if I can take Black Seed Cumin Oil with my HIV Treatment?

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