Do herbal treatments of HIV actually work?

Has anyone witnessed first hand the benefits of herbal treatments. There are a lot of claims on the internet. How can I be sure they are real?

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2 Responses to “Do herbal treatments of HIV actually work?”
  1. Ron says:

    The vast majority of herbal remedies on the internet or anywhere else are usually just outright scams, the beauty of modern medicines is that each product has to pass extremely stringent clinical trials which can be reproduced anywhere in the world before it can be prescribed by a fully qualified doctor..

    Anyone can sell herbal remedies (I’m not saying that they’re all bad or that none of them work) with no training whatsoever, the preparation, packaging and storage of herbs have no controls, they don’t go through any regulatory trials, they don’t need a licence and some of them can be positively harmful.

    As for HIV, the only known treatment is antiviral products, none of which are herbal.

  2. BJC says:

    Herbal treatments have not shown enough potency to be offered as a treatment for HIV. Some herbs have been found to help with some side effects and some could theoretically be a complement to HIV therapy. Some herbs can result in drug-drug interactions with the some antiretrovirals.

    If you would like to learn more about information on supplementation (herbal) in relation to HIV can be found here:
    http://www.catie.ca/herb_e.nsf

    Be sure and inform ALL of your healthcare workers about all of the medicines and herbs you are taking or thinking of taking. Herbal does not mean safe.

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