{"id":6777,"date":"2012-05-01T13:33:51","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T13:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=6777"},"modified":"2012-05-01T13:33:51","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T13:33:51","slug":"why-shouldnt-i-take-echinacea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/6777","title":{"rendered":"Why shouldn't I take Echinacea?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The reason why someone living with HIV would be advised not to take Echinacea is because it appears to have possible interactions with Atripla (which is an ARV – antiretroviral treatment for HIV). Although the interaction has not been fully studied, the way in which Echinacea works in the body means it has the potential to interact with efavirenz – one of the drugs in Atripla.<\/p>\n

In response to your second question, valerian (Valeriana officinalis) does not interract with ARVs.<\/p>\n

However as regards taking supplements, it is important to tell your doctor if you are taking any supplements. This is because supplements have the potential to interact with medication.<\/p>\n

You may also find it helfpul to follow this link to an earlier question which provides more detailed information on herbal medications and HIV.<\/a><\/p>\n

Best wishes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello there.<\/p>\n

I am very surprised now because I just found out accidentally on the internet that Echinacea should NOT be used by hiv positive people!<\/p>\n

Is that true? Why? I have been using it for many months now and I thought it was improving my health!<\/p>\n

I also need to know if Valeriana and HIV drugs have any interactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-drug-interactions","category-supplements-and-herbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6777","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}