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Can hiv patient eat raw garlic?
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Garlic and hiv medications..in a 2002 study published in clinical infectious diseases, researchers studied the effects of garlic on the hiv drug saquinavir (invirase). They found that that taking garlic supplements with the drug caused levels of the drug in the bloodstream to drop sharply.
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