fda: don't use certain hepatitis and hiv drugs together

Miscellaneous News FDA: Don't use certain hepatitis and HIV drugs together By Thomas H. Maugh II Los Angeles Times Booster Shots blog
April 27, 2012

The Food and Drug Administration warned Friday that doctors should not prescribe and patients should not use the hepatitis C drug Victrelis (boceprevir) and the anti-HIV drug ritonavir at the same time because such use reduces the effectiveness of both drugs. Please click here to access the full article.

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