Does the calcium in milk block Ribavirin absorbtion?

[St. George]

I usually tke my Ribavirin in the morning with a smoothie composed of full fat yogurt, fruit and coconut oil.  I was just wondering if anyone else takes their Riba with milk or dairy products because I read somewhere that calcium could possibly block absorbtion of the drug.  Any feedback?

[FlGuy]

Six months already! Great news, it must have lifted you up pretty high. Time to live the rest of your life. Congrats.

[can-do-man]

Been thinking abou you. Hope you have some good news soon. Wishing you the best.

[mikesimon]

Thanks Can-do. I am waiting - on the edge of my seat. Mike

[cuteus]

NO need to increase your fat intake if you have enogh of it in your diet. The risk of high cholesterol and plague is not worth the ambiguous statement that we need a high fat diet to increase RIBA absortion. I was only told to take the RIBA with food, and if you have a moderate amount of fat intake, that should be sufficient. Why risk coronary disease? Do your own search on whether it is an acceptable medical practice to suggest a high fat diet with RIBA, but beware that you will probably get this forum in many of the results. If you are loosing wt on tx, do not worry about the calories in ice cream, especially if it is the only thing you can eat. Tx is not the time to diet, if you are having a hard time keeping your wt stable. These forums are great to share information, but we need to confirm things with solid medical data, or as solid as we can find.

sunspot; your road is on a straight line to SVR. congratulations!

[can-do-man]

congrats, SVR is yours, now enjoy life and take care going forward

[ohgreat]

4 months ago I freaked out so bad I went on a low fat diet.  I even stopped eating all dairy.  Went completely soy.  Then I read that the body turns soy into estrogen so I freaked out and could have sworn I was growing man-boobs.  Last night I drank some milk.  It tasted fantastic!

I cant wait until Monday when they jab that needle in my gullet.  I need a good needle jabbin'.  They said it is going to be Ultra Sound guided.  Is this like a baby-ultra sound with all the jelly on the belly?

Between that and the Soy, these latest months have added insult to injury as far as my machismo is concerned.