{"id":3916,"date":"2011-04-18T10:55:15","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T10:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=3916"},"modified":"2016-09-08T00:42:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T00:42:25","slug":"will-taking-aloe-vera-stop-me-needing-arvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/3916","title":{"rendered":"Will taking aloe vera stop me needing ARVs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for your question.<\/p>\n<p>No, aloe vera will not stop you needing ARVs.<\/p>\n<p>Aloe vera does not suppress HIV.<\/p>\n<p>Side effects effects are usually much easier than you think. Some people get no side effects at all. Most people only get mild side effects for the first few weeks and then this settles down and they feel fine. It is only a very few people who get severe side effects and have to change medication until they find the right combination for them.<\/p>\n<p>HIV treatment is very individual. It is about finding the right treatment for you and your lifestyle. There are different combinations available so there are other options if you do find that you get some side effects and want to change your meds.<\/p>\n<p>For information about HIV treatment please read the i-Base guidebook <a href=\"http:\/\/www.i-base.info\/guides\/starting\">Introduction to\u00a0ART<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am HIV positive and not on ARVs but take aloe vera every once a month, is it enough to fight the virus as I haven&#8217;t been sick so far and I do not wish to take ARVs because of the side effects<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,38,39,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-side-effects","category-starting-treatment","category-supplements-and-herbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}