Is it safe to take ART with other medicines or herbal medicines?

Is it safe to take ART with other medicines or herbal medicines?

Tell your doctor about every other medicine you take. This means prescription medicines, over-the-counter medicines, and herbal products. ART can be dangerous if you take it with some medicines or herbs. These include medicines for high cholesterol, heart or blood problems, tuberculosis infection, migraine headaches, anxiety, and insomnia.

Some prescription medicines and herbal products can make your body push the ART medicines through too fast, before they have time to work. Medicines for seizures and some kinds of infections might do this. St. John's wort, which some people use to treat depression, and garlic pills can make the level of ART in your body drop too low to be helpful.