{"id":9000,"date":"2013-05-21T15:05:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T15:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=9000"},"modified":"2013-05-21T15:05:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T15:05:52","slug":"do-hiv-meds-interact-with-the-morning-after-pill-levonorgestrel-levonelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/9000","title":{"rendered":"Do HIV meds interact with the &#8220;morning after pill&#8221; levonorgestrel (Levonelle)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi<\/p>\n<p>Some HIVs drugs interact with the &#8220;morning after&#8221; pill.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hiv-druginteractions.org\">Liverpool University drug interaction website<\/a> reports that both ritonavir and efavirenz both can lower levels of levonorgestrel. The interaction is not significant enough to say that both drugs can&#8217;t be used together, just that additional monitoring may be required.<\/p>\n<p>This means that there is not a safety concern about your HIV treatment, but the morning after pill may be less effective.<\/p>\n<p>Your doctor or pharmacist can give the best advice, including whether any dose changes are recommended. This can vary depending on the formulation of levonorgestel that is used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please can you tell me if Levonelle 1500microgram table will work as an after morning pill following a condom split (within 24 hours?) what are the dangers of taking this with ritonavir?  My viral load is undetectable and I did not divulge I was HIV positive to the pharmacist for fear of discrimination but notice it is outlned in the booklet. I&#8217;m really fretting as I am now in my late 40&#8217;s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9000","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\/9000","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}