Ma Kurtland, Lee Shui-Shan, Chu Elsie K Y, Tam Dennise K P, Kwong Victoria S C, Ho Choi-Fung, Cheng Kathy, Wong Ka-Hing
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2008 Jul;12(4):637-42. doi: 10.1007/s10461-007-9245-4. Epub 2007 May 11.
Seventy-six Chinese male HIV patients were interviewed on their use of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). All except one had undetectable viral load, 28 had already progressed to AIDS. Forty-five (59.2%) had used TCM--11 infrequently and 33 commonly. No specific TCM recipe was preferentially used, while a variety of herbal tea and other over-the-counter health products of TCM in origin were reported. A minority (28.9%) have consulted a TCM practitioner in the preceding 6 months. Most patients admitted using TCM for the treatment of minor ailments (60.0%) and general health maintenance (57.8%), while western medicine was chosen for the therapy of major medical illnesses. TCM did not seem to have significant influence on the conventional HAART in this cohort. Many used TCM at a time interval from HAART in order not to affect the latter's effectiveness.
对76名中国男性艾滋病病毒感染者使用中药的情况进行了访谈。除一人外，其他人的病毒载量均检测不到，其中28人已发展为艾滋病。45人（59.2%）使用过中药，其中11人使用频率低，33人经常使用。没有发现他们优先使用某种特定的中药配方，不过他们提到使用过各种凉茶及其他源自中药的非处方保健品。少数人（28.9%）在过去6个月内咨询过中医从业者。大多数患者承认使用中药治疗小病（60.0%）和维持总体健康（57.8%），而治疗重大疾病则选择西药。在这一队列中，中药似乎对传统的高效抗逆转录病毒疗法没有显著影响。许多人为了不影响高效抗逆转录病毒疗法的效果，会在与该疗法有一定时间间隔时使用中药。
