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Food, drink and anti-HIV drugs
Anti-HIV drug combinations may demand one of the following changes to your eating habits:
- Eating at the same time as you take your medication.
- Avoiding food for up to two hours before or an hour after you take your medicines.
- Eating or avoiding certain types of food to ensure that you absorb your medication properly.
When you are prescribed a new medicine, you should be told by your doctor or pharmacist if it has any special dietary restrictions. You should also be given written information explaining what these are.
Detailed information about the dietary restrictions of all the currently available anti-HIV drugs is provided in the NAM booklet Nutrition. You can get a free copy from your HIV clinic, or by downloading it from www.aidsmap.com.