{"id":6201,"date":"2012-03-02T10:36:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T10:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=6201"},"modified":"2012-03-02T10:36:11","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T10:36:11","slug":"im-hiv-positive-and-on-bactrim-can-i-continue-take-centrum-multivitamins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/6201","title":{"rendered":"I&#039;m HIV positive and on Bactrim.  Can I continue take Centrum multivitamins?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am very sorry to hear about your new diagnosis and the lung infection.<\/p>\n<p>You can take multivitamins with your current medication. There is no drug interaction between the multi vitamins and your HIV medication, including Bactrim.\u00a0 However, if you want to take other supplements or herbs, please talk to your doctor about it first as they have the potential to interact with HIV treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Vitamins, minerals, and other supplements have no direct activity against HIV and are not a replacement for antiretroviral therapy.<\/p>\n<p>Please look at this <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/faq\/vitamins-and-minerals-infonet-factsheet-801\">link for more information on vitamins and supplements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/faq\/vitamins-and-minerals-infonet-factsheet-801\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When someone who is newly diagnosed, there are a few factors that you need to know about starting treatment.\u00a0 This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/starting\">link for more information about starting your treatment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Can I ask whether you currently have any support? Getting support from your local support group or a counsellor can help you to come to terms living with HIV. In addition, you will be able to gain and share experiences with others who are in the similar situation as you, rather than having to deal with it in isolation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am newly diagnosed with HIV.  I am taking Truvada (tenofovir + FTC), Stocrin (efavirenz) and Bactrim for lung infection.  Can I continue take multivitamins?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16,28,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-drug-interactions","category-newly-diagnosed","category-supplements-and-herbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6201","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}