Riboflavin And Hiv

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riboflavin, carnitine etc. what's the dosage, docs??

thanks for your good work, I've got a question on the dosage of the riboflavin...carnitine...coQ...and thiamineyou mentioned to possibly help with facial wasting. I'mcurrently on zerit and epivir; completely healthy, muscular and with...

Response from Alvan Fisher, M.D.

Brown University School of Medicine

you could talk to your MD about changing antiretroviral. It is possible that coming off d4t and adding a different nucleoside (I don't know what you have been on before) as well as either a nonnucleoside or a PI might help with the facial... Read more »

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What dose of coenzyme Q, riboflavin,L carnitine?

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