What an amazing study! They have followed HIV+ people that have had T cells modified by genetic engineering and given by transfusion once during the past 11 years of study . 41 of the 43 people were still healthy 11 years later. Their modified T cells could still be found in their bodies. Modified T …
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Question from a person living with HIV: May 2, 2012 I body build and work out, eat right, etc. The lipodystrophy I accumulated during my early use of Crixivan and others doesn’t really go away that much. It’s frustrating, depressing. I do also appear to have some features of “muscle belly” where there is a space between …
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From the book: Built to Survive 12. Complementary Approaches to Treating Lipodystrophy By Michael Mooney (original version in Medibolics 2(2),Nov. 1997) While the protease inhibitor (PI) cocktails can bring viral loads down to undetectable levels and have given many HIV(+) people a new lease on life, protease inhibitors are not always benign drugs. As we approach year …
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From the book “Built to Survive (click here) Minerals 1. Calcium – 300 mg or more three times per day. Take for strong bones, nerve health, and muscle growth itself. Calcium and magnesium are nutrients that Dr. Jon Kaiser recommends to prevent and treat neuropathy. Optimal calcium intake improves insulin sensitivity,[i] so calcium is another nutrient that might help …
This is groundbreaking Two doses sustain increases in bone density past 5 years (plus calcium and vitamin D) https://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hiv-related-conditions/hiv-bone-loss-osteoporosis/3542-zoledronate-protects-hiv-positive-men-against-bone-loss-for-at-least-5-years
What You Don’t Know, You Can Selltagline Spring 2012<https://www.treatmentactiongroup.org/tagline/2012/spring/tagline/2012/spring>by Tracy SwanIn places where access to antiretroviral therapy is widespread, peopleliving with HIV are now dying from a common and curable coinfection:hepatitis C virus (HCV). HIV increases the risk for, and accelerates therate of, liver disease from hepatitis C. Pegylated interferon andribavirin, medications used to treat …
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CROI 2012- Oral Presentation #94: Gut Mucosa T Lymphocyte Restoration in Chronically HIV+ Patients Treated with Recombinant Interleukin-7 HIV infection caused decreases in CD4 cells in the gut mucosa that are only partially restored by ART. This study was an open-label study of recombinant interleukin-7 (rhIL-7) (manufactured by Cytheris) in chronically HIV-infected persons, on ART, …
GS-7340 : Tenofovir Prodrug Requires Lower Doses, But Will It Be Friendlier on Kidney and Bones? CROI 2012- Oral Presentation #103. GS-7340 25 mg and 40 mg Demonstrate Superior Efficacy to Tenofovir 300 mg in a 10-day Monotherapy Study of HIV-1+ Patients GS-7340 is a novel prodrug of tenofovir (TVF) that has shown greater antiviral …
CROI 2012 Paper #482. Rivastigmine for the Treatment of HIV-associated Neurocognitive Disorders: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Crossover Pilot Study The prevalence of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) remains high despite successful antiretroviral therapy. This study performed by researchers from the HIV Swiss Cohort aimed at looking at the effect of rivastigmine on HAND in patients with …
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CROI 1012: Oral presentation #96 . ZOSTAVAX Is Generally Safe and Immunogenic in HIV+ Adults Virologically Suppressed on ART: Results of a Phase 2, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial Risk of recurrent/severe herpes zoster (HZ) is increased in HIV+ patients. To date, use of ZOSTAVAX® (ZV; live attenuated zoster vaccine live) has been contraindicated for people …
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