Can Fish Oil Help With HIV

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Triglycerides and fish oil

This is more of a helpful hint to others then a question: After being on HIV meds for 2 1/2 years, the only real side effect ive had troubles with was a big rise in my cholesterol, especially my triglycerides. at one point they were close to 1,000....

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Thanks for providing that example of a good response to use of fish oil and garlic. There is a concern about garlic lowering levels of some key HIV drugs such as protease inhibitors or efavirenz so your HIV provider needs to be aware of what other... Read more »

Niacin & Fish Oil amounts to take

I have written before but have gotten no response.Here is the problem.I've been HIV+ since... Read more »

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Fish oil for high tryclericides

There were two new studies about fish oil. One from Japan in lancet and the other a French study. I... Read more »

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Dairy Cows, Fishing Boats and HIV

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Primate Expert Jane Goodall, Researchers Urge U.S. Wildlife Agency to Reject HIV/AIDS Experiments on Monkeys

Primate specialist Jane Goodall and 18 other researchers in a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have called on the agency to reject a proposal by the Yerkes National Primate Research Center to conduct HIV/AIDS research on an endangered... Read more »

Sex-for-Fish Practice in Kenyan Fishing Communities Contributing to Spread of HIV

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mono or hiv?? HELP!!!!!!!!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hello everybody. Ok I dont know where to begin. My tonsils are very red and have little white spots on them. They itch so bad and I also have bumps on my tonsils and in my throat that itch. I dont have any pus but it just itches so bad. It all... Read more »

Virgin Coconut Oil

Posted by garcia, 2 Replies

Hi all,

Stumbled across some new and promising developments on the subject of Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) which my father put me on to.
Being the skeptic that I am, I'm not about to jump onto any bandwagons, but I thought it might be an idea to spread... Read more »

HELP! Sleeping on HIV+ person's bed

Posted by Harty1, 3 Replies

For about 2 months I slept on the bed of a person that I found rout to be HIV+. On top of that, i was told after that an enemy who is HIV+ had access to my room and was doing more things to my bed. This is important because now when i sweat pheople... Read more »

HELP ! HELP ! Possible HIV Infection ???

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

This incident happened in a fast-food joint on 14 Jul 2000. It is my habit to rinse my mouth after every meal hence I went to toilet.

I squirted some "hand-wash" from its dispenser and proceeded to wash my hands then filled my mouth with tap-water... Read more »

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