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Abdominal Fat Accumulation in HIV: Interview with Dr Grinspoon

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Nelson Vergel from PowerUSA.org interviews Dr Steven Grinspoon from Harvard Medical School about what we know about HIV lipodystrophy associated fat accumulation. Dr Grinspoon covers potential causes and treatments. For more information please refer to the closing image at the end of the video. QUESTIONS FOR DR GRINSPOON’S INTERVIEW: 1. Please give our audience background …

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Interview with Dr Luis Casavantes About Facial, Buttock and Penile Fillers

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Nelson Vergel from the non-profit Program for Wellness Restoration ( www.PoWeRUSA.org ) interviews Dr Luis Casavantes about his experience with PMMA filler for HIV-related facial/buttock wasting reconstruction. He also shares his experience on the use of PMMA for penile girth enlargement. For more info visit www.AvantiDerma.com. You can also find more info on PoWeR’s site …

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Informative Questions and Answers at TheBody.com

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Gynecomastia problems: https://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Aging/Q223555.html Shingles Vaccine for HIV+ People: https://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Aging/Q222619.html Recently Diagnosed with HIV: https://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Nutrition/Q223309.html Taking Egrifta and Gaining Weight: https://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Nutrition/Q223414.html How Do I Improve my Sperm Count? https://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Nutrition/Q223473.html Wormwood and HIV https://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Nutrition/Q223420.html Parotid Gland Inflammation and HIV https://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Nutrition/Q221140.html Winstrol (Anabolic Steroid) and HIV Medications https://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Nutrition/Q220965.html Other Options for Lipodystrophy Besides Egrifta https://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Nutrition/Q221875.html How to Gain Muscle …

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Diabetic Retinopathy in HIV Subjects Treated With EGRIFTA®

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This is a study required by the FDA to determine if Egrifta use in HIV+ people with diabetes can increase the risks of diabetic retinopathy. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01591902 Diabetic retinopathy  is a complication of diabetes that affects the eyes. It’s caused by damage to the blood vessels of the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye …

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New treatments for HIV associated lipodystrophy beyond Egrifta

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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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Complementary Approaches to Treating Lipodystrophy

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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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Outsmarting HIV with Healthy Nutrition

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From: https://www.positivelyaware.com/2012/12_01/hiv_wellness_series.shtml Living with a chronic illness like HIV can present certain nutritional challenges. Without effective HIV medication treatment, replicating virus can tax the body, destroying lean body mass and impairing immune function and quality of life.1, 2 While this destruction of lean tissue can be controlled with effective HIV antiretroviral combination therapy, other challenges like fat …

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Egrifta Gets Approved for the Treatment of Abdominal Fat Accumulation in HIV- Activists Ask Serono to Price it Affordably

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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 …

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Codes to get Medicare to pay doctors for injection Sculptra or Radiesse in faces of people living with HIV-related facial lipoatrophy

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Wellcare put together a great summary of all codes used for reimbursement.  Medicare decided in January 2010 to cover HIV facial lipoatrophy products as long as the patient has depression induced by this condition. https://www.wellcare.com/WCAssets/corporate/assets/HS134_Dermal_Injections_for_Facial_Lipodystrophy_Syndrome.pdf

AIDS Activists Support the Approval of Egrifta- But With Some Conditions for Theratecnologies and Serono

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17 May 2010 Paul Tran, BS Pharrn, RPh Advisors and Consultants Staff Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, HFD-21 Rockville, MD 20857 Dear Mr. Tran: On behalf ofthe Drug Development Committee (DDC) ofthe AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition (ATAC), I am writing to urge members ofthe Endocrinologic and Metabolic …

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