[sci.med.aids] Alternative treatments

V5040U%TEMPLEVM.BITNET@oac.ucla.edu (Russell Erik Johannesson) (11/08/89)

     I know someone who advocates the use of massive doses of C-ascorbate
(in powdered form) as an effective treatment for many of the opportunistic
infections which can accompany HIV infections.  This person says that the
only reason that this treatment hasn't been approved is because it works, and
no one will volunteer for the required double-blind study in which they might
get a placebo (and die).

     What knowledge do people have about this form of treatment?  The person
who advocates this treatment has nothing to gain financially,
and is quite firm in statements about the efficacy of controlled vitamin-C
therapy.

       Thanks,

       Russell Erik Johannesson
       1250 West Cecil B. Moore Avenue
       W610
       Philadelphia, PA  19122
       (215-)765-9479

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