AEGiS-GMHC: TREATMENT BRIEFS: Hydrogen Peroxide Therapy

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TREATMENT BRIEFS: Hydrogen Peroxide Therapy

Gay Men's Health Crisis: Treatment Issues, Volume 8 no. 4 - June 1994
David Gold

Treatment Issues has received a number of questions regarding the use of hydrogen peroxide as a therapy for HIV. There is no evidence that injecting hydrogen peroxide will provide any benefit for HIV disease and there is some evidence that it is quite dangerous. A recent letter in the Annals of Internal Medicine (April 15, 1994;120: 694) reported the death of a PWA who injected hydrogen peroxide into his catheter. He subsequently developed nausea, dark urine, and a rapid heart beat. Kidney problems soon developed and the patient died five days after injecting the hydrogen peroxide.

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