{"id":18719,"date":"2021-11-23T23:31:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T23:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=18719"},"modified":"2025-11-20T21:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:02:07","slug":"can-i-use-acid-reducing-agents-with-my-arv-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/18719","title":{"rendered":"Can I use acid-reducing agents with my ARVs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, how are you? Sorry to hear about your acid reflux.<\/p>\n<p>How long has your reflux been going on? Talking to your doctor and asking about any interactions will be able to help. You have mentioned you are on Edurant, a brand name of Rilpivirine. This medication requires acidity in your stomach to properly work.<\/p>\n<p>In the UK it is recommended that antacids (A.Vogel) be taken at a different time toRilpivirine. Rilpivirine should be taken 4 hours before or 2 hours after the antacid. There areno known interactions with Hteruam (Abcavir and Lamivudine).<\/p>\n<p>If you have any more questions please ask,<\/p>\n<p>Josh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I am currently having an issue with acid reflux and I have tried so many medications but they don\u2019t seem to help. <\/p>\n<p>I am currently on ARVs (abcavir, lamivudine, rilpivirine) and want to know if it is safe to take an alkaline powder such as A.Vogel? <\/p>\n<p>Please advise because I have been told that it works wonders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-drug-interactions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26353,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18719\/revisions\/26353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}