Well, you know I've been hanging back on even tentatively supporting Oleander for HIV (although I believe I've dug further than probably anyone else on this site into plausible mechanisms of action of Oleander against HIV) until I see some reliable data. But, if it helps people get it up, perhaps it's time I re-think that position! ;-)

As nice as it is to hear about symptomatic relief, would you ask the people on your yahoo group who are taking Oleander for HIV to systematically monitor their laboratory results so that they can be shared? I think the most convincing testimonials would be those who were willing to share their medical records (anonymously if desired). If this stuff really does work miracles, then those who have benefited from it have a moral duty (in my opinion) to do everything in their power to convince those of us who are more skeptical. Hearing of improvements on objective measures (i.e. laboratory values) would be helpful; actually seeing the medical records (with names redacted, to protect privacy) would be even more so.