Cachexia (Treatment)

Nandrolone Decanoate Found Beneficial in HIV Related Wasting

Published in AIDS Weekly, August 5th, 1996

In selected HIV positive patients with mild to moderate wasting, the anabolic steroid, nandrolone decanoate, appeared to have a positive effect on weight, lean body mass and quality of life," reported Australian AIDS researchers.

Dr. Julian Gold, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, and colleagues evaluated nandrolone decanoate in a group of HIV positive men "who had lost 5-15 percent of their usual body weight" and who were resistant to nutritional intervention. In this 16-week open trial, nandrolone decanoate was administered by IM injection every two weeks at a dose of 100 mg/ml.

In the June 1996 issue of AIDS, Gold reported that nandrolone...

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