Anecdotal reports: elderberry extract plus chondroitin and glucosamine sulfate and Thy-mate reduces viral load to non-detectable levels in 10 days

Posit Health News. 1998 Fall:(No 17):7-11.

Abstract

AIDS: Several HIV patients offer anecdotal reports in which they attribute significant viral load reductions to taking elderberry extract. Thy-Mate was also used. Case studies from six patients are presented. In an interview, Steven Rahn describes his self-imposed treatment and its effect on his viral load. Another case discusses reports of dicalcium phosphate, a binding agent found in some dietary supplements such as glucosamine, inhibiting absorption of the supplements. Other cases are described, and contact information is included.

Publication types

  • Newspaper Article

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / prevention & control
  • Calcium Phosphates / chemistry
  • Chondroitin Sulfates / therapeutic use*
  • Complementary Therapies*
  • Drug Synergism
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Glucosamine / therapeutic use*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • HIV Protease Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Plant Extracts / therapeutic use*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / prevention & control
  • Viral Load

Substances

  • Calcium Phosphates
  • HIV Protease Inhibitors
  • Plant Extracts
  • alpha-tricalcium phosphate
  • tetracalcium phosphate
  • calcium phosphate, monobasic, anhydrous
  • Chondroitin Sulfates
  • calcium phosphate
  • calcium phosphate, dibasic, anhydrous
  • Glucosamine