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I had the pleasure to meet Dr. Walker after his oral presentation on Uridine and mitchondrial toxicity at the Lipodystrophy Conference in Paris. I was very excited to see his in vitro data on how this supplement may protect liver cell mitochondria exposed to D4T (Zerit) and DDC (Hivid). He gladly agreed to be interviewed […]

I have been seeing many HIV positive men with enlarged parotid glands in my 14 years of travels giving lectures around the country. I was also one of those men with moderate inflammation of the parotid glands. No one really knows what causes this disfiguring inflammation. It could be due to the HIV virus itself,

Face to Face with LipoatrophyAn Interview with David Nolan By Nelson Vergel HIV-related lipoatrophy (fat loss under the skin) is a clinical problem that affects many people living with HIV. Lipoatrophy can cause substantial loss of buttock tissue, veiny legs and arms, and facial wasting. Lipoatrophy can happen alone or in combination with lipohypertrophy (fat

Transcript of The Body’s Live Chat With Nelson Vergel on Issues for HIVers With Multi-Drug Resistance Following is the transcript of The Body’s live chat on issues for HIVers with multi-drug resistance, which took place on Feb. 16, 2005, at 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The chat was sponsored by Roche and Trimeris, moderated by

I wrote this for Test Positive Aware Network’s Positive Aware magazine, one of the best free HIV magazines in the country. Their link is https://www.tpan.com/ Sustiva One of the “preferred drugs” in the DHHS guidelines due to its very good efficacy. It was the first drug to be approved for once-a-day dosing, so everyone jumped

AIDS Activists Cry Foul as Drug Companies Push Prices to Record LevelsPosted Topic Health The following was released by AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition: A steady onslaught of “unreasonable, unacceptable, and unjustified” increases in the price of therapies to treat HIV has caused activists in the US to accuse drugmakers of artificially inflating the market at

Salvage Therapies – New drugs offer hope to patients with multiple-drug resistance HIV virus. By Nelson VergelI have been HIV positive since 1983 and tested in 1986. Like many long- term survivors who started nucleoside monotherapy (AZT, D4T, DDI) in the late ’80s/early ’90s, I have developed multi-drug resistance. Over 40 of my friends have

From Treatment IssuesIt’s Time to Face the Zerit ProblemTreatment Issues: Newsletter of Experimental AIDS Therapies – Volume 17, Number 3, March 2003Nelson VergelWhen I give lectures on how to manage the side effects of HIV medications, I am constantly reminded of how widespread the “sunken cheek” look has become. Many if not most of the

SurvivorTreatment Advocate Nelson Vergel Wants the Experimental Drug Pipeline Opened Up for Patients Like Himself Who Are in Need of Salvage TherapyBy By Benjamin RyanNelson Vergel is trapped in medical limbo. The 46-year-old treatment advocate expects to remain there for the next two or three years unless he can successfully use his activist chops to

You guys may want to read this really good article about steroids and HIV wasting…For some, steroid use builds hopeTreatment: Doctors find medical value in the drugs to restore muscle patients lose to diseases The Baltimore SunBy Erika NiedowskiFebruary 20, 2005 A few years after his HIV diagnosis, Nelson Vergel began wasting away. No matter

Nelson Vergel’s Vitamin and Mineral Supplement RegimenAugust 2001This is the second installment in our series “What Supplements I Take and Why.” This article looks at the supplement regimen taken by Nelson Vergel. Nelson, a native of Venezuela and 17-year survivor of HIV, is a leading treatment advocate for HIV-related wasting, lipodystrophy, and wellness in HIV

Title: 9th Annual POZ Cruise Wellness RetreatCity: Los AngelesState: CACountry: United StatesDates: 10/21/2006 – 10/29/2006Event Type: Special EventSubject: Peer Support; Persons with HIV/AIDS; Support GroupsDescription: This eight-day cruise aboard the Norwegian Star is a retreat for the HIV community, either straight or gay, and their friends and family. The group will be confidential and provide