{"id":6989,"date":"2012-06-12T14:35:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T14:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=6989"},"modified":"2020-07-25T13:28:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T13:28:32","slug":"can-i-use-herbal-sinus-treatment-with-my-arvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/6989","title":{"rendered":"Can I use herbal sinus treatment with my ARVs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>Thank-you for your question. As with any medications, including herbal remedies, you should tell your doctor if you intend to use this supplement.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the ingredients- echinacea and garlic- in this remedy may have an effect on your treatment. These ingredients could alter the levels of atazanavir \/ ritonavir absorbed by your body. If you do want to try taking this supplement again your doctor may want to monitor your drug levels. This can be done with a test called <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/changing\/tdm\">Theraputic Drug Monitoring (TDM)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not an expert on sinusitis so I&#8217;m afraid I can&#8217;t suggest alternative preventions. The NHS has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/Conditions\/Sinusitis\/Pages\/Introduction.aspx\">page about sinusitis<\/a> which suggests some options. Again, be sure to talk to your doctor before taking any treatment that may affect your ARVs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am on Truvada, ritonavir and atazanavir. from time to time I get painful sinusitis and need to take antibiotics, which isn&#8217;t great. Prior to diagnosis I used to take a herbal supplement which really helped my sinuses but I am unsure if I can still take it because of a possible interaction of the herbs with the ARVs above.<\/p>\n<p>The supplement uses these herbs:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.newchapter.com\/targeted-herbal-formulas\/sinus-and-respiratory#supplement-facts<\/p>\n<p>Am I allowed to take this supplement? Is there any risk of interactions?<\/p>\n<p>Also, what is good for sinusitis?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6989","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\/6989","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}