Simvastatin and Darunavir Interaction

Drug interaction information between Simvastatin and Darunavir.

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

FDA drug labeling documents a minor-severity interaction between Simvastatin and Darunavir. 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

Simvastatin

HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor (Statin)

Drug B

Darunavir

HIV Protease Inhibitor

How They Interact

Darunavir is a medicine that prevents your body from clearing simvastatin out of your system. This leads to much higher levels of simvastatin in your body than normal.

FDA Label Information

Examples: Select azole anti-fungals (e.g., itraconazole, ketoconazole, posaconazole, and voriconazole), select macrolide antibiotics (e.g., erythromycin and clarithromycin, telithromycin), select HIV protease inhibitors (e.g., nelfinavir, ritonavir, and darunavir/ritonavir), select HCV protease inhibitors (e.g., boceprevir and telaprevir), cobicistat-containing products, and nefazodone.

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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 Simvastatin's 41. In the minor band specifically: Simvastatin has 21 (also Fenofibrate, Ketoconazole, Erythromycin, Clarithromycin); Darunavir has 70 (also Amlodipine, Metoprolol, Sertraline, Rosuvastatin).

What mechanism field is on file for Simvastatin and Darunavir?

Darunavir is a medicine that prevents your body from clearing simvastatin out of your system. This leads to much higher levels of simvastatin in your body than normal.

Darunavir carries more major-labeled pairs than Simvastatin

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is minor · classes on file: Simvastatin (HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor (Statin)); Darunavir (HIV Protease Inhibitor).

Darunavir has 15 major-labeled pairs vs Simvastatin's 11. This page itself is in the minor band, not the major band.

Simvastatin

11 major · 9 moderate · 21 minor · 41 total

Darunavir

15 major · 16 moderate · 70 minor · 101 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.