ANTISTRESS AND
CELL-MEDIATED
IMMUNO-THERAPY IN HIV+ PERSONS
By Renato COCCHI MD, a
neurologist and a medical psychologist
About therapies on HIV+ there is sound
confusion and I am not sure whether this confusion could be purely random.
We can remember that we can afford every
infective illness by three approaches, namely:
i. Kill the agent by antibiotics or chemotherapics;
ii. Avoid entering the agent into cells,
by vaccines, or other means that modify the cell surface;
iii. Enhance the natural resistance of
the body (what we did in the pre-antibiotics era with TB-sanatoriums).
HIV+ persons have the risk of a
progressive fall of white blood cells which usually act as a nonspecific
immunity defense against infections, the cell-mediated immunity.
Since more than 20 years I am involved in
enhancing cell*mediated immunity by drugs both in depressed children and in
Down syndrome children.
I made some clinical trials in HIV+
persons. After one month of a drug therapy I had blood white cells counts decidedly
increased (from 20 to 50%).
One young man did not have his HIV
titrable after two-years' therapy. This exceptional case is under investigation
by the Infective Department of the Ancona University where, although noticed,
this kind of therapy was considered negligible.
The basic regimen I use is (daily doses):
- glutamine 250-500 mg;
- pyridoxine 150 mg;
- diazepam 5 mg.
This regimen works as an antistress therapy, but glutamine, per se, enhances
also white blood cells.
Of course this is a roughly tailored regimen because stress reactions have
always some personal features but is a good starting way.
The white blood cell counts can confirm
the improvements in a very short time.
About glutamine you can find more
information in papers presented to international congresses.
You will find two papers of mine with many quotations, in this site, in the
sections reported below (see: AIDS).
Copyright by R.Cocchi 2001. First Internet published February, 2001.
Author's address: dr Renato COCCHI via Rabbeno,
3
42100 Reggio Emilia (Italy)
renatococchi@libero.it
Aids
Immunity
Drug therapy of stress reactions
Italian translation