HIV/AIDS

===Alternative medicine===
In the US, approximately 60% of people with HIV use various forms of [[alternative medicine|complementary or alternative medicine]],<ref name="pmid18608078">{{cite journal | vauthors = Littlewood RA, Vanable PA | title = Complementary and alternative medicine use among HIV-positive people: research synthesis and implications for HIV care | journal = AIDS Care | volume = 20 | issue = 8 | pages = 1002–18 | date = September 2008 | pmid = 18608078 | pmc = 2570227 | doi = 10.1080/09540120701767216 }}</ref> whose effectiveness has not been established.<ref name="pmid15969772">{{cite journal | vauthors = Mills E, Wu P, Ernst E | title = Complementary therapies for the treatment of HIV: in search of the evidence | journal = International Journal of STD & AIDS | volume = 16 | issue = 6 | pages = 395–403 | date = June 2005 | pmid = 15969772 | doi = 10.1258/0956462054093962 | s2cid = 7411052 }}</ref> There is not enough evidence to support the use of [[herbal medicine]]s.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Liu JP, Manheimer E, Yang M | title = Herbal medicines for treating HIV infection and AIDS | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | issue = 3 | page= CD003937 | date = July 2005 | volume = 2010 | pmid = 16034917 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD003937.pub2 | pmc = 8759069 | editor1-last = Liu | editor1-first = Jian Ping }}</ref> There is insufficient evidence to recommend or support the use of [[medical cannabis]] to try to increase appetite or weight gain.<ref name=lutge_2013>{{cite journal | vauthors = Lutge EE, Gray A, Siegfried N | title = The medical use of cannabis for reducing morbidity and mortality in patients with HIV/AIDS | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | volume = 4 | issue = 4 | page= CD005175 | date = April 2013 | pmid = 23633327 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD005175.pub3 }}</ref>