Hiv And Dhea

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DHEA

What Is DHEA? Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal glands in men and women. A hormone is a chemical produced in one part of the body that is carried to another part of the body where it has a specific effect. The adrenal glands are located on top of the kidneys. DHEA is the most common steroid in humans. It can be transformed in the body into testosterone (the primary male sex hormone), estrogen (an...

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HIV Treatments and DHEA

I'm taking Crixivan, Epivir and AZT and want to start taking DHEA. Is there a problem with taking DHEA with these HIV meds? Thanks for your website!...

Response from Cal Cohen, M.D., M.S.

Harvard Medical School

DHEA has not been well studied for much of anything, and there certainly have been no drug interaction studies done at this point. However, I know of no reason why there would be a specific problem with interactions between DHEA and the drugs you... Read more »

DHEA

Can you tell me if DHEA has a positive effect towards HIV treatment? I take 100 mg. per day of DHEA as well as Combivir (150mg) twice a day and Sustiva (600mg) at night, my T-cells have gone from the low 20's to just over 500 in 26 months and...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

There is very little good published data so I would concur with your doc. A good discussion about DHEA is found in Jon Kaiser's book HIV Immunity. A good website for alternative therapies is www.daair.orgKH... Read more »

DHEA

I have been HIV positive for four years. I have been using DHEA thinking it will help for wasting. But have not seen any results. Do you have any experience with this drug???? I live in San Francisco and it's very popular here....

Response from Alvan Fisher, M.D.

Brown University School of Medicine

I'm not real impressed with DHEA. Have you checked your testosterone levels? your body composition? Have you had a consult with a dietician? You have lots of resources in SF so get going.Alvan Fisher, M.D.... Read more »

DHEA and KS

Differences in androgens of HIV positive patients with and without Kaposi sarcoma.J Clin Pathol. 1995 Jun;48(6):513-8. Considering to start DHEA I was most impressed by this article above. I had KS when my CD4 approached zero 9 years ago..any...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

That observation would raise some level of concern particularly for patients who have had KS. On the other hand, I have had numerous patients with a history of KS receive replacement testosterone in the setting of well controlled HIV who have had... Read more »

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DHEA anybody

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Am reading Dr Jon Kaiser's book at the moment 'Healing HIV' and he speaks at length about DHEA. Am now fascinated as this is something I have never heard of, and yet he sounds like he swears by it. I am in Australia and am not sure it is even... Read more »

dhea>aids + lipo.

Posted by Anonymous

the need for dhea in the production of DNA. click onto this site- www.naples.net "then click" dhea and aids (in the search box). lots to read about this and why low dhea can cause fat redisposition.

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adrenal problems

Posted by Anonymous

I have an adrenal deficiency in the DHEA hormone and am having trouble finding a doctor who is knowledgeable. I do not have HIV but I thought that the same kind of problem might exist in HIV. My immune system is overactive instead of underactive. ... Read more »

Possible Hiv infected but no antibodies produced?

Posted by chris8178, 1 Reply

Could you tell me is it possilble to have hiv with out having antibodies produced post 6 months?

I had unprotected anal sex about 7 months ago and been having some major health (oral) issues.

I have seen a lot of doctors; 3 ents; 2 general docs; 1... Read more »

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