Darunavir and Sertraline Interaction

Drug interaction information between Darunavir and Sertraline.

Darunavir and Sertraline have a documented minor interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a minor-severity interaction between Darunavir and Sertraline. This page displays the available source-record category and label text. The category is not an individual risk estimate or medication-combination direction.

Drug A

Darunavir

HIV Protease Inhibitor

Drug B

Sertraline

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI)

How They Interact

Darunavir can lower the amount of sertraline in your body, which might make the antidepressant less effective.

FDA Label Information

Antidepressants : Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs): paroxetine, sertraline ↓ paroxetine ↓ sertraline If either sertraline or paroxetine is initiated in patients receiving darunavir/ritonavir, dose titrating the SSRI based on a clinical assessment of antidepressant response is recommended. Monitor for antidepressant response in patients on a stable dose of sertraline or paroxetine who start treatment with darunavir/ritonavir.

Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Darunavir + Sertraline?

Compiled FDA labeling labels this pair minor. That is a source-record field, not an individual medication-combination decision.

Which drug in this pair has the larger labeled-interaction portfolio?

Darunavir has 101 labeled pairs on file vs Sertraline's 34. In the minor band specifically: Darunavir has 70 (also Amlodipine, Metoprolol, Rosuvastatin, Trazodone); Sertraline has 31 (also Fluoxetine, Citalopram, Paroxetine, Atenolol).

What mechanism field is on file for Darunavir and Sertraline?

Darunavir can lower the amount of sertraline in your body, which might make the antidepressant less effective.

Darunavir carries more major-labeled pairs than Sertraline

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is minor · classes on file: Darunavir (HIV Protease Inhibitor); Sertraline (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI)).

Darunavir has 15 major-labeled pairs vs Sertraline's 1. This page itself is in the minor band, not the major band.

Darunavir

15 major · 16 moderate · 70 minor · 101 total

Sertraline

1 major · 2 moderate · 31 minor · 34 total

Sources: FDA Drug Labels (SPL) via openFDA (2026). This is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. This registry does not provide individual medication-combination directions.