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By
Brian Kineman, MA, Marcia L. Nahikian-Nelms, PhD, RD, LD and Christina
L. Frazier, PhD. Kineman is currently a doctoral student in nutrition at
Iowa State University; Nahikian-Nelms is an Associate Professor at Southeast
Missouri State University and Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics;
and Frazier is Professor of Biology at Southeast Missouri State University.
The Grants and Research Funding Committee of the Faculty Senate at Southeast
Missouri State University sponsored this research project. The article’s
content is solely the responsibility of the authors. For comments or questions,
please contact: Ms. Nahikian-Nelms
telephone 573/651-2994.
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Individuals
with serious illnesses often seek complementary alternative treatment outside
of the conventional realm of medical care. For persons living with HIV/AIDS,
complementary alternative medicine, including herbal remedies, have become
increasing sources of care. In one recent study, it was reported that 22%
of patients attending an HIV clinic used medicinal herbs as a form of treatment.
(1) Another more recent study indicated that 26% of those patients with
HIV used herbal medications; 37% used dietary supplements; and 24% used
megavitamins in addition to antiretroviral therapy. (2) Individuals choose
to use herbal supplements to support the immune system, to treat or prevent
specific opportunistic infections, and to relieve side effects from conventional
antiviral medications and opportunistic infections. (3,4,5)
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