Questions to Ask
• Is the product or treatment available from multiple sources? If not, why not?
• What evidence do you have that the product or treatment works?
• Can you give me printed material to take with me?
• Has the product or treatment been approved by the Food and Drug
Administration?
• For what use was the product approved?
• What training or experience in treating HIV/AIDS does the provider have?
• What are the risks of using this product or treatment?
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Don’t be Fooled
Be suspicious of any claim that a product or treatment can cure or prevent HIV or AIDS. Question any product or treatment that:

• is “guaranteed,” “secret,” or “suppressed.”
• is claimed to boost or enhance your immune system.
• requires or urges you to stop other prescribed treatments or mediation.
• you're not supposed to talk about or tell your health care provider about.
• is an “experimental” drug that you have to pay for-experimental drugs and   treatments are almost always free to patients in drug studies or treatment.
• uses personal success stories or testimonials to sell the product or treatment.
• is sold to cure or prevent cancer or other illnesses in addition to HIV/AIDS.
• was discovered or tested in “another country.”
• comes with misinformation about how you can get or prevent HIV/AIDS.
• mentions “conspiracy” e.g., by government, drug companies, etc.