Serono launched Egrifta this month. Doctors are calling in the number included in the link below to get the paper work started for insurance reimbursement. It seems that some insurance companies are already starting to pay for it, but high copays may be required. Serono has a $200 copay assistance per prescription. The total yearly […]
Erectile Function and Fatigue- What Happens When Testosterone Replacement Fails to Improve Them? By Nelson Vergel Excerpt from “Testosterone: A Man’s Guide” (available on amazon.com ) More articles on testosterone here: https://testosteronewisdom.blogspot.com/ Most men find that their sexual desire increases after they start testosterone replacement. Sexual dreams and nighttime/morning erections may be more easily achievable, but
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Naive patients not on treatment also have some changes in their mitochondria. So boys and girls, take your carnitine, coenzyme q-10 and B vitamins to protect your tiny energy factories that seem to be affected by the virus and its treatments. Decrease in mitochondria or its DNA has been linked to aging and other diseases.
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This would be a great agenda for an aging conference (HIV or non HIV related). I hope someone sees this and picks it up as a possibility! Advances in Testosterone Replacement for Men and Women Basic Home – Based Exercise Prescription for the Aging Population Preventing and treating bone loss associated with aging Vitamin D Research
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I covered the results of the study mentioned below in my book. It is so strange to me that they did not even mention or monitor hemoglobin and hematocrit in these older men. It is a well known fact that older men have more testosterone to estradiol conversion and more red blood cell increases with the
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I attended the second International Congress on Bioplasty in Guadalajara last week. Here is the program in Spanish: https://www.bioplastia.org.mx/es/programa.php Cosmetic and dermatology physicians from Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia came to share experiences on the use of PMMA (polymethylacrylate) to treat HIV related facial and buttock lipoatrophy and other non HIV related physical abnormalities. Bioplasty
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I was invited by Dr Casavantes from Mexico to speak in front of 200 physicians from Mexico and Brazil about the impact of HIV lipoatrophy on patients' quality of life. I also spoke about the role of activists in lipoatrophy in the United States.It has been an amazing day. Doctors from Brazil and Mexico have
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Thanks to the New York Buyers’ Club for sponsoring my lecture in New York. Here is their review: https://nybc.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/nelson-vergel-survivor-wisdom/
Fat busting, but at what cost?: https://blogs.poz.com/tim/archives/2010/11/fat_busting_but_at_w.html Press Release from Serono: https://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/emdserono/47019/ Here’s a link to the full prescribing info via Serono’s website: https://www.emdserono.com/cmg.emdserono_us/en/images/FULL%20PRESCRIBING%20INFORMATION_tcm115_59676.pdf?Version= A Closer Look at Egrifta, a Newly Approved Treatment for HIV-Associated Belly Fat Gain (Lipohypertrophy) https://www.thebody.com/content/art59340.html For physicians interested in learning more about EGRIFTA™ and the process for prescribing EGRIFTA™, call the AXIS
