"I did an experiment I didn't have any faith in but I went along with it." Sheen, 50, added that Chachoua had been so confident in his own abilities that he injected himself with Sheen's blood to prove Sheen was no longer HIV-positive, an act which Dr Oz host Dr Mehmet Oz, who found fame giving medical advice on The Oprah Winfrey Show, described as "completely mind-blowing". "Inappropriate and completely mind-blowing," Sheen agreed. "I watched that happen when he felt so confident. He delivered that my blood would not be any risk to him." However, Sheen revealed on the show he had received news that day that his HIV was once again detectable. "I'm a little off my game because right before I walked out here, I got some results I was disappointed about," he said. "I had been non-detectable, non-detectable and checking the blood every week and then found out the numbers are back up."

Sheen said he would resume taking traditional antiretroviral HIV medication, adding that he would not "recommend" any other HIV-positive person do as he did. "I'm not recommending that anybody else do this," he said. "I'm presenting myself as some kind of a guinea pig." Sheen announced that he was HIV-positive in November last year, following rumours that a member of Hollywood's A-list had contracted the disease, potentially infecting other celebrities. Speaking on the US Today show on November 17, Sheen confirmed he was the man in question, adding that he had been diagnosed with the virus four years ago. "I am here to admit I am HIV-positive," he told presenter Matt Lauer. "It's a hard three letters to absorb."

According to Sheen, the virus was discovered when he was admitted to hospital suffering from persistent headaches and sweating. The actor had initially suspected he had a brain tumour. The actor said he had spent "millions" keeping the secret, in particular paying out a sex worker who had managed to take a picture of his antiretroviral medication during a home visit. "I release myself from this prison today," Sheen said, adding that it was "impossible" that he could have transmitted the virus to a third party and he had discussed it with all of his sexual partners prior to sex. However, in December, Sheen's former fiancee, 26-year-old porn star Brett Rossi, announced she was suing Sheen, claiming that they had sex at least five times before she confronted him about antiretroviral medication she found in his home. Rossi, who met Sheen in November 2013 and was engaged to the actor from January to November 2014, claimed the actor also forced her to have an abortion in March 2014 because he did not want his child to be HIV-positive.

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