Blood Drug Testing

How much do herbal medicines affect one's body when taking medical tests?

Do herbal medicines affect blood tests and hiv testing? Do herbal medicines affect the body's overall chemistry so much that they could yield faulty results when a doctor or clinician performs a blood test and an hiv test? Do Chinese medicines or other herbal medicines interfere with or deter a proper, accurate blood test or hiv test?

Public Comments

1. Unlikely as most herbal medicine has little if any effect on the body. Certainly it doesn't affect HIV, if the tests are for a specific virus then that test will find it. Of more concern is the interaction that herbs may have with proper medicine which may affect its efficacy.