Request Guidence & Advise on 'Ayurveda' in HIV treatment

[Guest guest]

Dear Forum Members,

I have come across various web sites (Specially Ayurveda related), which claim

that they have a medicine, which can treat HIV/AIDS presented at

Ayurvedalaya.com

May I request you all if you are aware of such treatment, if yes ? How genuine

is the medicine? I have been on treatment (HAART) for some time now, it is not

the pain of being +ve, which is haunting me every movement but it is the number

of tablets that I have to take every day (upto 12 tablets). Day by day it is

becoming very difficult for me to take them on schedule,more over there are lot

of other side effects like lipodistrophy, abnormal liver enzyme levels etc.

After considering all the above factors I am contemplating to shift to

alternative medicine namely Chinese herbs or Ayurveda. Can any of the you

doctor's kindly advice me ! any help or information provided will go a long way

in saving an individual life.

HERBVERA - there has been an article recently on the internet about

labs, that they have formulated a new therapy, a combination of UNANI and

AYURVEDA which absolutely have no side effect(drug name is herbvera-you can

check the details at veronicalabs.com) and is proving to be very very

effective in fighting HIV virus, can any of you fine ladies and gentle men,

comment about this drugs and where can I obtain this medicine via internet or

doctor or medical agency. (pls provide me the contact numbers if possible)

I am sure you people can understand and feel my pain and agony, kindly help me

or provide me or advise me with the required information, so that I can live my

life in a better and simple way.

Eagerly waiting for your response, kindly respond.

Thank You

Sunny

E-mail: <trust_my_god@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear Sunny

I hope at some point, what we call alternative therapy, would introduce some

robust medications into the market for HIV having gone through gruelling

clinical trials and backed with longitudinal data. I believe there are some

potential medications. If alternative medicine had as many resources measuring

trillions of dollars for research I should think it could stand any test.

I know some people swear by alternative therapy and others swear off it, calling

it absolute bogus. Either way, it might be worthwhile to spend some time looking

into what's out there and educating yourself about what it has

to offer and whether you want to use it as complimentary therapy (using it with

ART) or as alternative therapy (replacing ART with alternative medicine).

This is one site which has info on alternative

therapy - www.daair.org

For known fraudulent treatments and news you can go

to:

http://www.tahfin.org/

I also have a small booklet which contains information on treament fraud,

what you need to be aware of and what products are potentially fatal. The

booklet is called " Too Good To be True. " There might be something like that

available in India. If not, please email me and I could put it in the mail

for you (you could give any address where they will be able to hold this and

you feel safe)

Also, I work in a study that is trying to figure out how to best promote

adherence to ART. If you decide to stay on ART, some of this information

might be useful to you. We have some tools, brochures, methods to work out a

good schedule, nutritional support, as well as effective ways to manage

side-effects.

Malati Gadgil

Health Educator

Harlem Adherence to Treatment Study (HATS)

Harlem Hospital Center, 506 Lenox Ave,

4th Floor OPD Bldg, New York, NY 10037

E-mail: <mgadgilhats@...>