What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking TIVICAY or TIVICAY PD?
Before you take TIVICAY or TIVICAY PD, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:
- have had liver problems, including hepatitis B or C infection.
- are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. TIVICAY or TIVICAY PD may harm your unborn baby.
- Your healthcare provider may prescribe a different medicine than TIVICAY or TIVICAY PD if you are planning to become pregnant or if pregnancy is confirmed during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
- If you can become pregnant, your healthcare provider may perform a pregnancy test before you start treatment with TIVICAY or TIVICAY PD.
- If you can become pregnant, you and your healthcare provider should talk about the use of effective birth control (contraception) during treatment with TIVICAY or TIVICAY PD.
- Tell your healthcare provider right away if you are planning to become pregnant, you become pregnant, or think you may be pregnant during treatment with TIVICAY or TIVICAY PD.
- are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you take TIVICAY or TIVICAY PD.
- You should not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby.
- TIVICAY and TIVICAY PD pass to your baby in your breast milk. Talk with your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby.
Tell your healthcare provider about the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
Some medicines interact with TIVICAY or TIVICAY PD. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.
- You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that interact with TIVICAY or TIVICAY PD.
- Do not start taking a new medicine without telling your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider can tell you if it is safe to take TIVICAY or TIVICAY PD with other medicines.