Cort Johnson
April 9, 2013
“These results show objective endpoints, subset selection, and recovery. There were complete responders and partial responders among severely ill CFS patients with HHV6 or CMV. These are encouraging results for this subset and further well-designed trials should be pursued to confirm them.” Dr. Dan Peterson
At the HHV6 Conference in Paris, France today Dr. Peterson reported on the results of a retrospective study following 65 severely ill chronic fatigue syndrome patients given a course of Vistide from 2005-2012 for HHV6 and/or HCMV infections. Despite the interest in pathogens in ME/CFS, antiviral studies are rare and this is the first one reported for this drug.
To read more, follow this link:
http://simmaronresearch.com/2013/04/peterson-conference-presentation-reports-vistide-cidofovir-effective-in-treating-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-mecfs-patients-with-hhv6-and-hcmv-infections/