Alterations in redox homeostasis in mammals form the basis of a number of symptoms, syndromes and diseases, including AIDS and cancer, which can be treated successfully with the administration, to a mammal, of therapeutically effective quantities of sulphide compounds and/or thiosulphate compounds and/or thionite compounds and/or thionate compounds and/or chemical species capable of supplying a sulphide compound, a thiosulphate compound, a thionite compounds or a thionate compound to a person requiring same. The unique compositions of the invention contain or more active sulphur substances combined with one another or with other therapeutic agents. The invention also relates to the variable modes of administering the therapeutic substances. In particular, the invention relates to a novel method for combining active ingredients with wet cellulose, allowing the wet cellulose to act as an enteric vehicle.
