Well, I believe the HIV virus is the primary cause of AIDs though I
think associated viruses often contacted the same way worsen
the situation.

As the biotin, I think 2 milligrams is pretty good dose. Anyway
vastly better than the 30 micrograms one sees in some
vitamin formulas. A lack of biotin can cause a loss of hair
as I recall. I've seen some work that used more but this
is an abstract I could find without a search and they
used 2 milligrams.

For sleep, a 500 mg GABA supplement will put me out
especially with melatonin.

I am not sure what the ideal dose of biotin in the context
of lipoic acid supplementation. Given the value of biotin
I'd not want to get too little.

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Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2007 May 16; [Epub ahead of print]

Chromium picolinate and biotin combination improves glucose metabolism
in
treated, uncontrolled overweight to obese patients with type 2
diabetes.

Albarracin CA, Fuqua BC, Evans JL, Goldfine ID.

Alpha Therapy Center, 4626 Weber Road, Suite 100, Corpus Christi, TX
78411;
361.852.0600 (voice), USA.

BACKGROUND: Chromium and biotin play essential roles in regulating
carbohydrate
metabolism. This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
evaluated
the efficacy and safety of the combination of chromium picolinate and
biotin on
glycaemic control. METHODS: Four hundred and forty-seven subjects with
poorly
controlled type 2 diabetes (HbA(1c) >/= 7.0%) were enrolled and
received either
chromium picolinate (600 microg Cr(+3)) with biotin (2 mg), or
matching placebo,
for 90 days in combination with stable oral anti-diabetic agents
(OADs). Major
endpoints were reductions in HbA(1c), fasting glucose, and lipids.
Safety and
tolerability were assessed. RESULTS: Change in HbA(1c) was
significantly
different between treatment groups (p = 0.03). HbA(1c) in the chromium
picolinate/biotin group decreased 0.54%. The decrease in HbA(1c) was
most
pronounced in chromium picolinate/biotin subjects whose baseline
HbA(1c) >/=
10%, and highly significant when compared with placebo (-1.76% vs -
0.68%; p =
0.005). Fasting glucose levels were reduced in the entire chromium
picolinate/biotin group versus placebo (-9.8 mg/dL vs 0.7 mg/dL; p =
0.02).
Reductions in fasting glucose were also most marked in those subjects
whose
baseline HbA(1c) >/= 10.0%, and significant when compared to placebo
(-35.8
mg/dL vs. 16.2 mg/dL; p = 0.01). Treatment was well tolerated with no
adverse
effects dissimilar from placebo. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest
that the
chromium picolinate/biotin combination, administered as an adjuvant to
current
prescription anti-diabetic medication, can improve glycaemic control
in
overweight to obese individuals with type 2 diabetes; especially those
patients
with poor glycaemic control on oral therapy. Copyright (c) 2007 John
Wiley &
Sons, Ltd.

PMID: 17506119

I recall a very obese friend who was on diabetes meds, who
could not get it thru his head that he needed to cut his meds and
monitor
his blood sugar if he was going to take a high potency
vitamin mineral supplement containing high dose biotin and chromium.
He was shocked that his was light headed from apparently too little
sugar, what did he expect or want? The idea is to reduce ones need for
meds
or to get off them. Now he is ever more obese and sickly.