Most villagers here have IQs that are slightly above mental retardation. However I am exception reason being I take ginkgo biloba which increases my IQ exponentially.[ATTACH=full]100691[/ATTACH]
Bingwa has an IQ level in the same region as yours. A- in '94
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Don’t take Ginkgo biloba with efavirenz
Michael Carter
Published: 21 May 2009
The herbal remedy Ginkgo biloba should not be taken with the anti-HIV drug efavirenz, Dutch investigators warn in the June 1st edition of AIDS .
They report the case of an individual whose viral load became detectable, with the development of drug resistance, because Ginkgo biloba interacted with efavirenz. Efavirenz (Sustiva , also in the combination pill Atripla ) is one of the mainstays of first-line HIV treatment. It has a powerful anti-HIV effect, is easy to take, has a long half-life, and generally only causes mild side-effects.
The body metabolises efavirenz using the P450 pathway in the liver. Other medicines, herbal remedies and recreational drugs are also processed using this mechanism, meaning that they can interact with efavirenz.
Such an interaction occurred in a 47-year-old HIV-positive patient in Amsterdam, leading to the virological failure of his HIV treatment.
The patient was fully adherent to his antiretroviral therapy and reported never missing a dose. His treatment consisted of efavirenz combined with FTC (emtricitabine) and tenofovir (Viread). The patient started therapy with this combination in 2005.
In late 2007, he experienced virological failure with the K103N and M184V resistance mutations emerging.
To try and identify the cause of this treatment failure, his doctors questioned him about the use of other medications and drugs. It became clear that the only product the individual had been taking was Ginkgo biloba.
Using stored samples from the two years of efavirenz treatment, the investigators checked concentrations of the drug in the patient’s blood.
Concentrations of efavirenz in his blood declined from a peak of 1.26mg/l (well within the drug’s therapeutic range) in late 2006 when the patient’s viral load was undetectable, to a non-therapeutic 0.48mg/l in February 2008. By this time the patient’s viral load was 1780 copies/ml.
Ginkgo biloba is a widely-used herbal remedy that is thought to have beneficial effects on concentration, memory, dementia and depression. Of note, efavirenz can cause side-effects such as poor concentration and depression.
Ginkgo biloba’s chemical composition means that, like efavirenz, it is metabolised using the P450 pathway. It is already known that Ginkgo biloba interacts with other drugs processed by the body in this way, such as warfarin, aspirin and ibuprofen.
“We conclude”, write the investigators, “that an intake of Ginkgo biloba extract can decrease human plasma efavirenz levels, may result in virological
http://www.aidsmap.com/Dont-take-iGinkgo-bilobai-with-efavirenz/page/1434527/
Herbal Therapies Used by People Living With HIV: Gingko Biloba.
Part of A Practical Guide to Herbal Therapies for People Living With HIV
2004
From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
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Gingko biloba is a common Asian tree that grows in much of North America. In Chinese medicine, the fruit of the gingko plant is used to treat certain lung disorders.
Preparations isolated from the seed may be helpful in fungal, bacterial and viral infections. Gingko biloba may also help increase blood circulation and is widely used in Europe to treat conditions associated with atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and memory loss in the elderly. (Brain and nerve cells are especially vulnerable to the restriction of blood and oxygen flow.) The plant is also used to treat depression and impotence arising from circulation problems.
It is recognized as an antioxidant, meaning it helps neutralize free radicals - those highly active molecules that can cause damage to the body.
Although the use of gingko to treat AIDS-related dementia has not been studied, many HIV-positive people use it to treat and prevent this condition as well as memory loss. Studies on people who have had strokes or suffer from Alzheimer’s disease have shown that ginkgo significantly improves the symptoms of memory loss and confusion. Studies on animals have shown that it can reduce certain types of tissue damage resulting from a stroke.
Because of its popularity in Europe, gingko has been widely studied. (It accounts for more than one per cent of all prescriptions written in France and Germany.) In the over 1,000 people included in a review of such trials, side effects were very rare – stomach upset and headaches were the most common. Gingko is used to treat circulation problems because it prevents platelet clumping. For this reason, it may be dangerous for people with low platelets or problems with nose bleeds or heavy menstruation. Several case studies have reported spontaneous bleeding in people using ginkgo. Ginkgo biloba extract is usually sold in capsules or tablets standardized to 24 per cent ginkgo heterosides (also called flavone glycosides). Gingko seeds are toxic and should not be consumed.
Be wary as it increases your risk of bleeding.
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