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March 2001 Cover
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A 47-year-old AIDS patient gained 15 pounds after six months of
being treated with insulin injections, according to a new report.
Researchers from the University of Arizona College of Medicine and
the VA Medical Center
in Phoenix found that the man, who had lost 20 pounds and was
increasingly fatigued despite the fact that he was receiving
antiviral drugs and receiving B12 and testosterone injections,
weighed 140 pounds after three months
of daily insulin shots and 147 pounds after six months. In addition,
the patient's CD4 cell count rose while he received the insulin; his
CD4 cell count dropped after the shots stopped. The patient reported
no adverse effects
from the insulin and he asked to resume treatment with the drug
because he felt much better.
Editor's Note: from Reuters Health Info Services
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