Question
Can I take Viagra with ARVs?
14 December 2012. Related: All topics, Drug interactions.
Is it safe to take prescribed Viagra (not the stuff you buy off the internet) with ARVs?
Answer
Thank-you for your email.
To check for interactions I would need to know which ARVs you are taking. Please let me know, or go to HIV-Druginteractions.org to check this.
Generally it is safe to take Viagra with ARVs. Some ARVs may affect the concentration of Viagra that your body absorbs. If you are taking a combination which includes ritonavir levels of Viagra may be higher. Alternatively if you are taking efavirenz levels of Viagra may be lower than normal.
For this reason it’s important to discuss this with your doctor or pharmacist to get the most accurate information according to your ARV treatment.
Hi Jokin, yes, these can be taken at the same time, so long as there is not a drug interaction, You didn’t say which meds you are taking but this can be checked online at the Liverpool HIV drug interaction website:
https://www.hiv-druginteractions.org
If there is a possible interaction, advice is usually to start with a lower dose – ie 25 mg to cover 48 hours.
Can I take viagra and ARVs once at ago?
Hi Jeff, what is the name of the treatment you are on? and what are the changes that have been made?
Hi. Very interesting, I’ve been reading about this. Coming to ARV’s, they are changed time and again and that makes things difficult to understand which ones are good. I’m getting confused with all these changes. Please assist.
Hi Laurah, please see here: https://i-base.info/guides/starting
Why ARVs meds not the same