- Armenicum
Armenicum is a drug invented in
Armenia that its developers claim is an effective treatment forHIV infection and a number of associated diseases. No rigorously monitored clinical trials of Armenicum have been published, and most HIV experts outside of Armenia do not endorse its use. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/564867.stm Scepticism over Aids 'cure'] ]In 1999, a
BBC investigation involving interviews with scientists involved in administering the drug, patients and creatorAlexander Ilyen raised serious doubts about the drug's efficacy, concluding that Armenicum might do more harm than good. Dr.Manfred Dietrich of theInstitute for Tropical Medicine inHamburg told the BBC "I would not recommend at all to take such a drug." while an American patient said "we’re in a worse state than we were before we went." [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sci_tech/highlights/000720_armenicum.shtml Access Armenicum] ]The main ingredient of Armenicum is
iodine , a generalantiseptic . According to the manufacturers it also containsdextrin ,polyvinyl alcohol ,sodium ,potassium andlithium cations andchloride anions. It is described as a "blue-violet liquid with specific odor, packed in orange glass bottles per 20ml and corked tightly by a rubber plug clutched by aluminum caps." [ [http://www.armenicum.am/instruction.html ARMENICUM is a highly promising drug for treatment of HIV infection and AIDS ] ]References
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* [http://www.armenicum.am/ Armenicum website]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/564867.stm Scepticism over Aids 'cure']
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sci_tech/highlights/000720_armenicum.shtml Access Armenicum]
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