Hi Heatherlou30, If you use the Sof and Dac buttons then under ‘drug class’ add something like Contraceptive and hormone… under ‘Drug Class’ and click search on the drug interaction hyperlink that is on the GP cheat sheet tab on this site, you will see it is okay to proceed with your hormone regulation. All the best!

Hello Heatherlou30,

The ingredients of oral contraceptives don’t interact.

Here is the interactions report for the standard OCP (ethinyestradiol and norethisterone). Yours has norgestimate (which is not listed in the interactions checker) but is similar to norethisterone.

It will not be a problem, but you can get problems with any medications you take, so do keep us updated if you feel NQR (Not Quite Right).

InteractionsReport2017_05_29_02_32_51.pdf

Heatherlou30, I will assume that what you call an energy drink is the same as in my part of the world Most so-called energy drinks are water, sugars (or sugar-substitute), food acids, flavour, caffeine and CO2 bubbles. Some have other ingredients such as guarana, and a few B-vitamins added. Guarana metabolises to a caffeine-like molecule that passes through the same metabolic paths as caffeine. From what I have read on this forum, caffeine is a weak inhibitor of DAAs.
In other words, unless you drink more than one or two ‘energy drinks’ each day then they will not affect your Dac. If you need a boost some mornings, then in terms of dental health due to the acids in these sodas, coffee would be a better choice. Unless you dislike coffee. Cheers!

Hello Heatherlou30,

Yes, while taking Daclatasvir you should not take anything with TAURINE in it which includes most of the common energy drinks, but not Coke and Pepsi which only have caffeine.

This is important because it may reduce the levels of daclatasvir and lead to treatment failure.