HIV treatment

A method of treating HIV comprising administering therapeutically effective amount of a benzimidazole of the formula:

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• wherein X is hydrogen, halogen, nitro, oxychloro alkyl of less than 7 carbon atoms or alkoxy of less than 7 carbon atoms;
• n is a positive integer of 4 or less;
• and R is hydrogen, alkylcarbamoyl wherein the alkyl group has less than 7 carbon atoms, or an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and R2 is NHCOOR, wherein R1, is aliphatic hydrocarbon of less than 7 carbon atoms or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

A method of treating HIV infections comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an adjunct therapy in combination with a benzimidazole of the formula:

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• wherein X is hydrogen, nitro, oxychloro halogen, alkyl of less than 7 carbon atoms or alkoxy of less than 7 carbon atoms ;
• n is a positive integer of 4 or less;
• and R is hydrogen, alkylcarbamoyl wherein the alkyl group has less than 7 carbon atoms or an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and R2 is NHCOOR1, wherein R1, is aliphatic hydrocarbon of less than 7 carbon atoms or the pharmaceutically acceptable organic or inorganic addition salts thereof.