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paul thanks for the rundown on you supplements the explanations made sense i am so new to this syndrome that i know very little about what people do i am a natural sceptic of *snake on the ear* medications hence my interest in the perceived value of vitamin therapy regards judy >From: Paul Lauer <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Looking for Comments and Suggestions >Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:37:29 EDT > >Judy: The E. C, Beta Carotene and (I think) the Stresstab (all of which are >either Neuro prescribed or Movement Disorder Specialist prescribed) are all >antioxidants to combat free radicals in the body. Someone more medical than >me will have to say why it is important to neutralize free radicals. The >Selenium and grape juice are also antioxidants added by me with their >concurrence. I guess you can't have too many antioxidants. The Gluchosamine >Chondroitin is for joint pain and a stiff neck unrelated to PD; the calcium >is for bone strength also unrelated to PD; and the Coenzyme Q10 is >theoretically for energy and theoretically because it may be >neuroprotective >against PD progression. Some form of the latter statement is currently >under >test in a few places in the country. I tried to join but they only wanted >pwp >who were not yet on medication. > >Now for the question you didn't ask -- is any of it doing any good. The >answer is that I don't know if any of it is helping because there is >nothing >positive to see. By the same token, would I be worse off in one aspect or >another if I weren't taking all this stuff. The only way to find out is to >stop and I'd rather not, as long as none of it is causing me harm. > >By the way, appropriately enough, I forgot to mention that I also take >Ginkgo >Biloba for memory. It appears that it may not quite be doing the job. > >Regards, > >Paul H. Lauer ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com