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IODINE AND AIDS

MAMO

Could iodine be effective in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS-associated opportunistic infections?

Mamo JC, Naissides M.

Int J Infect Dis. 2005 Sep;9(5):292-3. Review.

"Could iodine be effective in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS-associated opportunistic infections?

"Retroviruses share similarities in structure, genomic organization and replication and are associated with immunodeficiencies. AIDS describes the most advanced stages of HIV infection and is characterized by a progressive loss of the CD4+ helper subset of the T-lymphocytes resulting in immune suppression, constitutional diseases and opportunistic infections. The feline immunodeficiency retrovirus (FIV) has a clinical pathology not unlike that of HIV/AIDS, including AIDS-related complexes and chronic immunodeficiency. In an uncontrolled case study, it was found that an adult cat diagnosed with endstage FIV recovered within eight weeks of treatment with a daily oral gavage of a commercially available iodine solution (tincture of iodine (2.5% w/v), 4 mg in 10 ml water, three times daily). Moreover, for at least five years there was no further clinical evidence of disease in this cat. The animal’s recovery may have been due to iodine’s broad spectrum therapeutic effect on opportunistic infections, or possibly because of suppression of viraemia.

"In HIV and FIV infection, viral load is dependent on the stage of infection, however it generally predominates in cells of the reticulo-endothelial system. Iodine is commonly prepared in two forms: conjugated with a cation, which is soluble in aqueous media, or complexed as two molecules which has lipophylic properties. A number of studies have demonstrated that iodine, and in particular the lipophylic form, possesses potent antiviral and microbiocidal properties in vitro. The triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, including chylomicrons and very low-density lipoproteins, serve as an energy substrate for inflammatory cells. It is our contention that the lipophylic form of iodine, when ingested orally, may be particularly effective as a microbiocidal/ antiviral agent, because it would be incorporated into chylomicrons, transported via thelymphatic system and be delivered to the cells ofthe reticulo-endothelial system."

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