Question
Can I eat grapefruit or take St Johns Wort with HIV meds?
1 January 2023. Related: All topics, Drug interactions.
Been reading about the negative interaction Grapefruit has with most of the arvs. Does this mean that I can never eat grapefruit forever or should I just take my medication like 2 hours before or 6 hours after I eat grapefruit. (Also St. John’s wort)
Answer
Hi there
Please check the details and the date for the information that you read.
It is fine to eat grapefruit with modern HIV meds but many years ago there were interactions between grapefruit juice and some protease inhibitors.
St John’s Wort can still interact with some HIV meds, but you didn’t include the names of your meds.
Please check your own meds using the online checker at Liverpool University:
hiv-druginteractions.org/checker
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