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Single-Day, Patient-Initiated Famciclovir Therapy for Recurrent Genital Herpes: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Orally administered antiviral therapy for recurrent genital herpes outbreaks has traditionally consisted of twice-daily dosing for five days, the authors noted. However, recent studies have shown the effectiveness of shorter courses. The current... Read more »

Micronutrient Supplementation Shows Promise in Placebo-Controlled Trial

A small (40-patient) randomized trial in patients on HAART with peripheral neuropathy showed a statistically significant increase in CD4 (T-cell) counts over 12 weeks. 1 Neuropathy, the primary focus of this trial, also decreased -- but it... Read more »

Further Analysis of Vacc-4x Phase IIb Study Shows a Statistically Significant Reduction in Viral Load Over Placebo

Oslo -- After further analyses of the international, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multi-center phase IIb study of Bionor Pharma's therapeutic HIV-vaccine candidate, Vacc-4x, the Company reports an unexpected statistically... Read more »

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How do I know what is a placebo effect?

I have been reading about the placebo effect. Some of us are taking supplements and say they are helping us. Are they really helping us or is it the placebo effect? How long does the placebo effect last, Nelson?...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

The phenomenon of an inert (inactive) substance resulting in a patient's medical improvement is called the placebo effect. The phenomenon is related to the perception and expectation which the patient has that if the substance is viewed as... Read more »

placebo

my lover is going into a study for the tmc114 and tmc125. i'm asking if a placebo is no longer taking place in study drug testing. i was told by a nurse that they could no longer do a placebo tretment and that the person had to be given both...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Placebos are used in certain types of studies and when they are the consent form indicates this clearly. For a treatment study of initial therapy for HIV infection or treatment following treatment failure, each regimen must have active drugs that... Read more »

Testing Worries and the Placebo Effect?

Dr. Holodiny: The "Am I Infected?" -- "Have I tested Enough?" and "What Do I Have?" questions seem to be increasing again in this forum. As your intelligent and calm reassurances don't seem to quiet everyone,...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Thanks Peter. A disciple in the making perhaps?MH... Read more »

Studies on HIV Controllers (2)

Hello,You recently answered a question for me on HIV Controllers, but I am still looking for more answers. In your reponse you listed a link to Dr. Walker's current study on controllers. Actually, in my research I had read over the details of...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Sorry, dissapointing as it is, there's really no quantitative data on this question.Most persons with very low viral loads maintain their CD4s for a long time. The problem is that some do have CD4 progression- and to my knowledge, there's... Read more »

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Petition for HIV Elite Controller Studies

Posted by AshnBham

I just created a petition entitled HIV Elite Controller Studies: It is time to help educate the public about HIV Elite Controllers, because I care deeply about this very important issue.

I'm trying to collect 100 or more signatures, and I could... Read more »

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