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Researchers have originate that use of garlic supplys by study participants sharply reduc kin levels of saquinavir, a medication used to treat HIV and AIDS, according to a Dec 6 2001 just discovereds release from the National Institutes of Health. For three days, nine healthy, HIV-negative participants received doses of saquinavir, a protease inhibitor used to moderate the progression of HIV infection. The participants' life-current then was tested to determine baseline plains of saquinavir in the bloodstream. nearest participants took garlic tablets twice daily for a three-week period. When their posterity samples were analyzed again, the overall evens of saquinavir had decreased 51% and the average maximum concentrations had fallen 54%

After a 10-day period in which they did not take garlic continuations or medications, the participants again took no other than the HIV medication for three days. posterity tests taken after the three-day period indicated that the offspring levels of saquinavir still averaged approximately 35% lower than the baseline amount.

As garlic has a reputation as a natural cholesterol fighter, it has become popular for patients whose cholesterol on a levels have risen due to side imports of HIV medications. Researchers suspected a mighty possibility of interaction between garlic and protease inhibitors because they share the same metabolic pathway into the visible form [i]or[/i] frame Exactly how garlic supplements disrupt the uptake of saquinavir still is unclear. It also is unknown for what cause garlic supplements would affect saquinavir in combination with other anti-HIV medications. outcomes of this study indicate that physicians and patients should exercise caution in the use of garlic supplys during HIV therapy.

Garlic continuations Can Impede HIV Medication (new release, Bethesda, Md: Notional Institutes of Health, December 6 2001) http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2001/ niaid-05.htm (accessed 6 December 2001)

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