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In later stage of aids, pernicious form of weight loss seen, called wasting. Serostim, a form of recombinant HGH is used to reverse this effect. Wasting is the accidental loss of weight in which the lean muscle, the body mass, the bones, and the body organs are all shrinking away.

Vitamin D supplementation improves neuromuscular function in older people who fall. Dhesi JK, Jackson SH, Bearne LM, Moniz C, Hurley MV, Swift CG, Allain TJ. Age Ageing. 2004 Nov;33(6):589-95. PMID: 15501836 doi:10.1093/ageing/afh20 9 CONCLUSIONS: vitamin D supplementation, in fallers with vitamin D insufficiency, has a significant beneficial effect on functional performance, reaction time and balance, but not muscle strength. This suggests that vitamin D supplementation improves neuromuscular or neuroprotective function, which may in part explain the mechanism whereby vitamin D reduces falls and fractures.