Novel Therapy for Glucose Intolerance in HIV Disease

Exclusion criteria

• ✕. positive pregnancy test (all women must have a negative pregnancy test before beginning protocol);
• ✕. diagnosis of cancer;
• ✕. acute illness of any sort, however, patients may be enrolled once they are stable;
• ✕. hemoglobin less than 11.0 gldl or hemodynamically unstable;
• ✕. creatinine greater than or equal to 1.5 mgldl;
• ✕. liver dysfunction as evidenced by elevations in transaminases 2-fold higher than upper limit of normal;
• ✕. use of certain medications within the past month (e.g., glucocorticoids).
• ✕. untreated hypertension (systolic BP \> 150 mmHG, diastolic BP\>100 mmHG);