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One possibility for your having avoided the flu is your amantadine. Amantadine Hydrochloride (Symmetrel) is a drug that was NOT originally intended to treat PD symptoms. The medication was brought to market initially for the purpose of protecting patients from certain virulent forms of influenca virus. Needless to say, some people who took amantadine to protect themselves against the flu also had Parkinson's disease. Soon, some of these patients told their physicians that their PD symptoms seemed to be improved. One of these physicians was Dr. Robert S. Schwab, a Boston neurologist who ran a quick check on a series of his own patients, contacted the manufacturer of the drug which then arranged for a clinical study of amantadine in PD patients in a number of centers across the US. Presto....we had a new drug for PD. This as back in 1969 and 1970. Jeanne Lee-Rosner PDF-Chicago ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathie J Creveling <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 6:52 AM Subject: PD and immunity from common cold > In reading all of these cases that have by passed colds etc. I reflect on > myself and see that I am working with the public and many around me have > this awful flu that is last weeks. I too have not fallen victim to this > (knock on wood, throw salt across the shoulder and spit against the > wind!)... I am on sinemet and amantadine. So, my question is: Has anyone > posted this question on the NPF or APDA web page? I think it may be > something interesting to ask. Maybe they have a simple explanation. I know > that once we do get it, our lungs have difficulty, so the answer would be > interesting. > By the way... this listserv for all of us is interesting... reminds me of > having my kids living at home again... or when I was growing up in a big > family... lots of action, thoughts and personalities. Viva la difference! > kathie >