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Does Consuming Liquid Chlorine Dioxide Suppress Your Viral Load? I Have A Friend Trying To Convince Me It Has The Ability To Knock It Out ”

A myHIVteam Member asked a question 💭
Dracut, MA

I have a friend who was recently diagnosed with HIV as well and holds strong anti-establishment views, particularly against "Big Pharma," "the system," and what he perceives as a totally 100% corrupt medical industry that prioritizes profit over health, keeping patients dependent on medications. Consequently, he refuses to take antiretroviral medications or any other scientifically developed drugs. Despite my efforts to encourage him to consider antiviral treatments like Biktarvy, I respect his… read more

March 29, 2024
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Members firmly cautioned against using chlorine dioxide as an HIV treatment, explaining that while it's effective for water disinfection, the... Read more

Members firmly cautioned against using chlorine dioxide as an HIV treatment, explaining that while it's effective for water disinfection, the FDA explicitly warns it's not safe for human consumption and has no proven medical benefit for HIV or other diseases. Several members shared that during the early AIDS epidemic before reliable antiretroviral therapy existed, many desperate attempts at alternative remedies failed, emphasizing that today's HIV medications work because they're backed by rigorous scientific testing and lab-verified results, not faith or anecdotal claims. A recurring theme was compassionate concern for the original poster's friend, with members encouraging him to continue being a supportive presence while gently steering his friend toward evidence-based treatment and hoping that recovery from substance use might help restore clearer judgment.

A myHIVteam Member

It's not easy to keep success quiet @A myHIVteam Member. If there were a simple, readily available solution, it would sell itself.

Early on in the AIDS epidemic, when there were no reliable treatments, people took all sorts of supposed remedies. Most perished anyway.

The medications we take aren't based in faith. They are followed up by lab testing to see if improvements are occurring in the people taking them. Prescription medications must do what they advertise. Supplements must merely be nontoxic. A low bar when your life is on the line.

There are repercussions for medications that provide false claims. In the supplement industry, false claims are the name of the game. Don't take chances with your health or your life. Those days are history @A myHIVteam Member. ❤️🤠

March 29, 2024 (edited)
A myHIVteam Member

My friend, you mistake Everyone's years of personal stories since that's all we have along with our medical science.
And the scientists will work until they find a cure.
If you want to go ahead and drink some coolaid , go ahead, that's your life and your friends.
But don't put it out there to make some poor misguided person out here Think that it's a cure,.. because it's not.
I take personal offense to it.
Dude💋

March 29, 2024
A myHIVteam Member

@A myHIVteam Member thanks man. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink ! In the meantime all I can do is just be loving to the guy I think

April 25, 2024
A myHIVteam Member

Pepe you are a good friend!! All you can do until the time he decides to go on meds is continue to be that good friend!! God bless

April 25, 2024
A myHIVteam Member

I don't know anything about it, but people think different. Some days my meds make me sicker then the disease and I think why am I taking all these pills.
Now my dad treats himself, when he gets a cold he eats vicks vapor rub, we all get on his case about it, but he swears it helps. I hope whatever your friend is doing it is helping him and not hurting him.

April 25, 2024

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