thanks Roberta - I take bp medication
Ray

Rayilyn Brown
Director AZNPF
Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 4:03 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Question re milk thistle

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>
> Doesn't Tyrosine increase blood pressure?
>
> Roberta Innarella
>
>
> In a message dated 5/7/2009 2:01:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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> Yep!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 9:45 AM
> Subject: Re: Question re milk thistle
>
>
>> gee, I didn't know milk thistle would help my liver produce dopamine.
>> I
>> started taking it for constipation. Do I need to take tyrosine with it?
>>
>> Ray
>>
>> Rayilyn Brown
>> Director AZNPF
>> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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>> From: "Schaaf Angus / Meadow Creek Ranch" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 8:40 AM
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Question re Amantadine/ GSH importance
>>
>> > Couple of thoughts.
>> > Have you tried to let your liver produce your dopamine needs by taking
>> > tyrosine and milk thistle?
>> > The natural production of GSH by the body is a little more
> complicated
>> > but
>> > following is article from my archives that helps explain.
>> > WHY GSH
>> > Oxidative stress appears to play an important role in degeneration of
>> > dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra (SN) associated with
>> > Parkinson's disease (PD). The SN of early PD patients have
>> > dramatically
>> > decreased levels of the thiol tripeptide glutathione (GSH). GSH plays
>> > multiple roles in the nervous system both as an antioxidant and a
>> > redox
>> > modulator. We have generated dopaminergic PC12 cell lines in which
> levels
>> > of
>> > GSH can be inducibly down-regulated via doxycycline induction of
> antisense
>> > messages against both the heavy and light subunits of
>> > gamma-glutamyl-cysteine synthetase, the rate-limiting enzyme in
>> > glutathione
>> > synthesis. Down-regulation of glutamyl-cysteine synthetase results in
>> > reduction in mitochondrial GSH levels, increased oxidative stress, and
>> > decreased mitochondrial function. Interestingly, decreases in
>> > mitochondrial
>> > activities in GSH-depleted PC12 cells appears to be because of a
> selective
>> > inhibition of complex I activity as a result of thiol oxidation. These
>> > results suggest that the early observed GSH losses in the SN may be
>> > directly
>> > responsible for the noted decreases in complex I activity and the
>> > subsequent
>> > mitochondrial dysfunction, which ultimately leads to dopaminergic
>> cell
>> > death
>> > associated with PD.
>> >
>> > WHY GLUTAMINE
>> > Glutamine is an important mitochondrial substrate implicated in the
>> > protection of cells from oxidant injury. Human pulmonary
> epithelial-like
>> > (A549) cells were exposed to 95% O(2) for 4 days in the absence and
>> > presence
>> > of glutamine. Cell proliferation in normoxia was dependent on
> glutamine,
>> > and
>> > glutamine deprivation markedly accelerated cell death in hyperoxia.
>> > Glutamine significantly increased cellular ATP levels in normoxia and
>> > prevented the loss of ATP in hyperoxia seen in glutamine-deprived
> cells.
>> > Mitochondrial membrane potential as assessed by flow cytometry with
>> > chloromethyltetramethylrosamine was increased by glutamine in
>> > hyperoxia-exposed A549 cells, and a glutamine dose-dependent increase
> in
>> > mitochondrial membrane potential was detected. Glutamine-supplemented,
>> > hyperoxia-exposed cells had a HIGHER O(2) consumption rate and GSH
>> > content.
>> > Electron and fluorescence microscopy revealed that, in hyperoxia,
>> > glutamine
>> > protected cellular structures, especially mitochondria, from damage.
>> > In
>> > hyperoxia, activity of the tricarboxylic acid cycle enzyme
>> > alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase was partially protected by its
> indirect
>> > substrate, glutamine, indicating a mechanism of mitochondrial
> protection.
>> > THEREFORE: I take L-Glutamine and DHEA to increase the level of GSH
>> > in
>> > the
>> > body naturally to further thwart the symptoms and destruction of P.D.
>> > along
>> > with my other vitamin/mineral protocol which exclude PD drugs. As a
> note.
>> > I
>> > never tried the Amantadine. My doctors forced me early to look
> elsewhere
>> > for
>> > help since they couldnt due to lack of knowledge or incentive. Not
>> > sure
>> > which but I'm alot healthier for switching to a no drug protocol.
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Ernesto Divo" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 12:24 PM
>> > Subject: Re: Question re Amantadine use
>> >
>> >
>> >> Hi John,
>> >>
>> >> I'm 56 and was diagnosed with PD in 2000, I've been taking Azilect
>> >> and
>> >> Requip (Ropinirole) the nausea form the Requip is unbearable. I have
>> >> introduced to my regimen for the past 5 months or so, 'MaxGXL', a
>> > supplement
>> >> developed here in the US, by a US scientist and sold by a US
>> >> company. It raises thet levels of GSH in your cells naturally. It
>> >> took
>> >> the
>> >> GXL about a week to work on my sleeping pattern, I was waking up 2-3
>> >> times
>> >> during the night, now I sleep straight thru the night, and it took
> about
>> >> three weeks to work on my cognitive process but it was so subtle I
> barely
>> >> thought it was the GXL. I wasn't having problems looking for words to
>> > finish
>> >> a sentence, my memory is back, I don't lose things around the house,
> I
>> > have
>> >> more energy and I feel good and my wife is happier. It is strange,
> when
>> >> I
>> >> asked my doctor about it he said Gluta what? it seems the medical
>> > community
>> >> is keeping the use of Glutathione (GSH) under wraps, they don't want
>> >> competition... I order mine from www.maxgxl.com/133282 I suggest
>> >> getting
>> >> as much info as possible of GSH, I went to www.youtube.com and
> searched
>> > for
>> >> 'The mother of all antioxidants', there is this doctor Mark Hyman who
>> >> explains in details about GSH; excellent video.
>> >>
>> >> Good luck to you.
>> >>
>> >> Ernesto,
>> >> Miami, FL
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 11:46 AM, john emrys <[log in to unmask]>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Hey John
>> >> >
>> >> > I've been on Amantadine since being diagnosed in October of last
> year;
>> >> > dosage has remained constant and titrated from 100mg to 300mg per
> day,
>> > over
>> >> > an initial period of 3 weeks.
>> >> >
>> >> > I space the dosing about 5-ish hours apart; I've found if the final
>> >> > dose
>> > of
>> >> > 100mg is taken later than 8PM, I have trouble sleeping through the
>> > night.
>> >> >
>> >> > It does give me an energy boost and some minor relief from muscle
>> >> > tightness, but does nothing to improve gait or reduce tremor. It's
> sort
>> > of
>> >> > just a little bit of "gas" for your "engine."
>> >> >
>> >> > On the other hand, I find it causes auditory hallucinations,
>> >> > drowsiness,
>> >> > occasional vertigo, foggy thought processing and swelling around
> the
>> > knees.
>> >> >
>> >> > I find much better results on GSH and mucuna bean, which I started
>> >> > about
>> > 6
>> >> > months ago (the mucuna has been a very recent thing, so it's been
> too
>> > early
>> >> > to tell – but so far, I'm definitely impressed). My neuro
> practically
>> > lit
>> >> > his own hair on fire when I told him, but he couldn't deny the
> results
>> > of
>> >> > the GSH.
>> >> >
>> >> > The goal is to be able to cut the amantadine by 35 - 50% within 6
>> > months.
>> >> > My view is the longer I stay away from starting the agonists, the
>> > better.
>> >> >
>> >> > Hope that helps.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Joh
>> >> >
>> >> >
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