Gilead Shot Prevents All HIV Cases in Trial of African Women

Re:Gilead Shot Prevents All HIV Cases in Trial of African Women by AuryGlenz on Friday June 21, 2024 @01:27AM (#40746452)

You don’t even need that. Carrageenan works: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8493111/

Obviously it’s not stimulating the immune system but it works as an antiviral barrier. I’ve been using it since I read that study and I’ve avoid 2 of my daughter’s colds since (and still got 3). That might not sound impressive but I have a terrible immune system and haven’t avoided a cold from someone I’ve had close exposure to in as long as I can remember.

That said, I might need to add some Neosporin to my mixture when she comes home with her nose running.

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Re:Gilead Shot Prevents All HIV Cases in Trial of African Women by resoluteteeth on Friday June 21, 2024 @08:07PM (#40755105)

Do you buy a premade nasal spray with carrageenan or make your own somehow?

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Re:Gilead Shot Prevents All HIV Cases in Trial of African Women by AuryGlenz on Monday June 24, 2024 @11:30PM (#40784166)

I make my own. There's at least one product out there but it's something like $20 a bottle and you can make it for pennies. Here's a recipe:

For 150ml of (distilled) water: 1.35g of salt 1.8g of iota carrageenan A drop of polysorbate 20

Heat up the water to close to boiling, add those things, shake it up, and there you go.

Note: That was supposed to be in line with the product that was tested, but I've found adding more water makes it come out of the nose spray bottle thing better. It's still pretty thick, just not a complete gel. Perhaps there's another type of spray bottle that would be better.

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