Question for stribild users

[Matland]

Hi guys

My question is for stribild users. I take the tablet at 9:30pm, in Other Words at night. But some people say that i should take the tablet when i am full. Well i dont eat my meals Just at the exact time. And i decided to take it at 9:30. I am not hungry when i take it, but i dont swallow Just after the meal. Is it so important?

[BT65]

Hi, it is best to take Stribild with food (https://www.poz.com/drug/stribild).  Look under "dosage" and "dosing info."  It suggests there to take it with food.

I can tell you though that I was on Stribild for quite a while and didn't always take it with food.  It could be that you have less of a chance of getting nauseous if you eat with it, but it never did make me feel ill.   

Betty

[leatherman]

meds with a food requirement need the food to ensure the proper dosage of med enters your system. The food stimulates your digestive system so that the med is quickly broken down and absorbed into your system. When you take meds (that need a caloric count - usually 400 cals) without food, a smaller amount of medication is absorbed and more is excreted by your system. So not only are you wasting money but you may not have enough meds in your system that are required to keep HIV in check. Then there is a possibility (albeit a slight possibly) that if you continually do not get enough of the med absorbed into your system that HIV could become resistant to the meds.

Meds don't necessarily need to be taken at the exact same time daily, although that is optimal. You should have at least a 2-hr window on either side of your regular dosing time.


if you ever need to really know about your meds, simply google up the med name plus the words "Package insert", to get the manufacterers info about the med
http://www.gilead.com/~/media/files/pdfs/medicines/hiv/stribild/stribild_pi.pdf

STRIBILD light meal=~373 kcal, 20% fat;
STRIBILD high fat meal=~800 kcal, 50% fat. Increase = ↑; Decrease = ↓

see table 7 in section 12.3 (pg 27) about how much a meal means to absorption

(further in that chart, the half-life is listed which you give you a better idea as to how many hours you can vary for your daily dosing time.)


If eating with your meds is going to be an issue, speak to your doctor about that issue (he really should have mentioned this in the first place) because there should be plenty of other regimen options for you.