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Hello, I need some help also about the virus situation. I want to know if anyone knows if Mac's are excluded from these things. I don't have any anti-virus software right now, have not had any problems, thank goodness, so, thought maybe Macintosh computers aren't as susceptible???????????? Thanks. Deborah CG Eugene 79/10+ ---------- >From: "Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD" <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: The lesser of 2 evils >Date: Wed, May 17, 2000, 9:14 AM > >Dear Irene, >You are very wise to gain as much information as possible about PD and >the medications used, good for you. > >Both these meds are very good, but have different purposes. Also, they >both affect each person in quite different ways, and there is no >foretelling what those ways may be for you. > >However, for excellent advice, let me recommend you ask Dr. Lieberman, >at the National Parkinson Foundation website. He will answer e-mailed >questions by follow-up e-mail, usually within 48 hours. I would give >your age, age at diagnosis, all medications you currently use (including >non-PD meds) and any information your neurologist has given you >regarding the need to use another med. > >The NPF website is: > >http://www.parkinson.org/dhtml.htm > >Scroll down to " Ask Dr. Lieberman, NPF Medical Director" > >and just follow the instructions. > >My very best regards, >Kathrynne > >Irene wrote: >> >> I must start a new medicine to augment >> the Requip I have been on for 2 and one half years. Which is the lesser >> of two evils, amantadine or sinemet? Reading about the side effects of >> both, makes me want to play ostrich. Does anyone have a basis of >> comparison? >> irene c >> BETTER TO LIGHT THAT ONE LITTLE >> CANDLE111 > > > > > > > > >-- >Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD >Medical nutrition therapy for Parkinson's disease >Author: "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease" >"Parkinson's disease: interview and assessment tools for nutrition >professionals" >"Risk for malnutrition and bone fracture in Parkinson'sdisease," J Nutr >Elderly. V18:3;1999. >http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/