carnosine: Which will you choose
By Laser Type: Q-switched Nd: 6,000-15,000 per session Fractional CO2: 8,000-20,000 per session Pico lasers: 12,000-30,000 per session Generally, 4-6 treatments are needed to see the best outcome, strongly affecting the cost of overall treatment
WBI may be the only option with a chance of providing some benefit, provided the patient does not have any contraindications (and we can convince those who will be administering it that it is worthwhile!)
Each of these nutrients has individually been shown to produce positive effects in HIV-infected individuals.33-42 In addition, antioxidant supplementation has previously been associated with a reduction in viral load23,43 and has been observed to produce a significant decrease in CD4 cell apoptosis.34 This effect was reported in 2 studies after supplementation with the antioxidant l-carnitine in both symptomatic33 and asymptomatic HIV-infected patients.34 The mechanism of action of apoptosis in HIV-infected CD4 cells is believed to result from the effect of HIV itself and from concomitant antioxidant imbalances in host cells.44-46 A correction of these imbalances, leading to a subsequent decrease in the apoptosis rate of CD4 lymphocytes, may be partially responsible for the increases in CD4 cell counts observed in our study
