A Case Study of Left Adhesive Capsulitis Presumably Resulting from Previous Treatment with Protease Inhibitors

Adhesive capsulitis may be linked to the administration of protease inhibitors used to treat the human immunodeficiency virus. One such case is presented where left adhesive capsulitis was diagnosed following an exhaustive workup. The etiology was presumed to stem from administration of protease inhibitors over one year prior to protect the patient following a needle stick from an HIV-infected source. The adhesive capsulitis, which presumably followed, was successfully treated through the use of osteopathic manipulative medicine.