Do thseGilead Trial meds require food to absorb?

[beyondmwd]

Do you have to take meds. (ribv,5885,9451)  with food?  How much food?  Is it for obsorption of meds or to alleviate nausea and sides?  I have to take this RBV 10-12 hours a part.  I am not used to eating at 7 in the morning and 7 at night.  But to take the RBV any later at night was not recommended because of the 'hebe gebes' it can cause.  Can I take it at those times (7 & 7) with just a minimal amount of food?  And eat my reg. time at 10 and 8:30?  Or do I need a whole meal of food to take them?  Last time I did TX, I just took them with tbs. of almond butter, tbs. yogurt and 1/2 banana in am and pm with meds.  Does anyone know the answer????  I don't want to screw up here right off the bat.  Started TX yesterday, all meds. and Peg. shot too.  Flu like night, little headache.....but I'm good.  Thanks everyone.  Spunky1

[AKHepper]

My Gilead pill bottles say take with food. It doesn't say how much, therefore I figure they don't know how much. If they did, it would say on the bottle.
On my day 1 dosing at the office they gave me a small bag of Cheez-Its to eat.
Don't sweat the small stuff too much.

[hondapatches]

hmmm I know that with the incivek you have to eat 20 grams of fat thirty minutes before you take the pills. It is a lot of food, Im glad im through with that. I ate breakfast at 6:30 and took pills at 7.....then at 1:30 another 20 grams of fat and then pills at 2. then again at 9:30 more fat and pills at 10 if it is like incivek it is very fattening but u gotta do it, or the meds won't work.

[hrsepwrguy]

If your in a trial you need to follow whatever the trial docs recomend

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/Food-with-new-TX-meds-question--HELP--/show/1638825