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TREATMENT BRIEFS: Swiss Therapy Still Under Question

Gay Men's Health Crisis Treatment Issues, Vol. 5, No. 8 - November 1991

Anecdotal reports of an effective Swiss herbal extract continues to capture the attention of PWAs. The treatment is available only from Hungarian physician Dr. Roka. Several patients stopped conventional therapies for HIV, herpes and CMV in order to receive this unproven therapy. A sample of the extract is being tested at New York University Medical Center by Dr. Charles Farthing to assess its activity in the test tube against HIV. Treatment Issues awaits results. In the meantime, use caution regarding this therapy and/or the discontinuation of other life-saving antiviral treatments.

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