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As a 20+ year HIV and Chronic Hep B survivor (15 of those years on no anti-virals of any kind and 5 of those years on HAART) in solid health (HIV load low and CD4 around 580 with normal liver function), I can personally attest to the effectiveness of high dose antioxidant therapy. I try to maintain a full "bowel tolerance dosage" of Vit C at all times--for me, my daily oral intake varies from 80-140 grams ascorbic acid sipped in water throughout the day. I also use IV Vit C periodically.
what a dumb thing to do... giving oral vitamins to think it will cure AIDS... for a real clinical study on AIDS it should be administered in a IV and a high dose.
If the participants consumed vitamins from a non-pharmaceutical company, how do we know what the efficacy level is? Some vit. companies have been cited for having too much of a specific vitamin (or very little) in it. Also, the purity of the vitamin plays a role. Certain fillers can be toxic on the liver/kidneys.
Were the vitamin consuming participants on the same, or different ARV's? Was the study broken-down into categories pertaining to the class of ARV's; e.g. nucleosides, non-nucleosides, et.al.? In the 38% of participants with elevated ALT levels, were they tested for a possible genetic mutation,(if there is such a thing) which would make them susceptible to raised ALT levels, esp. with vitamin B complex. Did they conduct a study with those consuming lower levels of B-1 supps./multi-vits?
I am always curious about the efficiency of medical studies. How do we know for certain that some/most/all of the vitamin B consumers properly adhered to the protocol. Also, could they have consumed more of the vitamin B supplements (also eating foods high in vitamin B; particularly, vitamin B-1? Did any of the participants (38%) take other vitamins, herbs,body-building supps, etc., which may have increased ALT levels? Did they consume Rx type vitamin B, or mass-marketed,
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It seems that the study may have been halted prematurely. If the doses for the vitamins were only "high dose" for vitamin B (which causes liver damage in high doses) why not try high dosing the vitamin C? It seems B was the only vitamin that was truly high dosed in this trial. I'm not sure if this was done on purpose or if there was a reason behind it.
February 11, 2017 • Huntsville, Alabama