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janet, i've had the same experience as you for 15 yrs taking only eldepryl and sinemet only lately, but the sinemet 1/2 or whole pill just kills me, (sleepy, woozy)) so i only taake it at night. \bk 65/15 >From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: NEWS: Selegiline drug does not increase PD death rate >Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 08:38:32 -0500 > >hi all > >At 19:03 2000/12/25 -0800, murray wrote, in part: > >American Academy of Neurology... > >Selegiline drug does not increase Parkinson's death rate... > >ST. PAUL, MN – Researchers have debated for years whether the drug > >selegiline increases the risk of death for Parkinson's patients even > >though others have suggested that the drug may slow the progression > >of the disease. A new study shows that there is no increased death rate > >for patients who use the drug in combination with levodopa, the most > >common drug for Parkinson's. The study is published in the December > >26 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy > >of Neurology.... > >"This is exciting news because this drug is the first that showed even > >the possibility of slowing the course of this disease, not just treating > >its symptoms," said neurologist William Langston, MD, of The Parkinson's > >Institute in Sunnyvale, Calif., who co-authored an accompanying > >editorial on the study. "But when a study came out several years ago > >reporting that it raised the death rate, near-panic ensued. Even though > >there were criticisms of that study and other studies failed to confirm > >the original results, there was a chilling effect on the use of >selegiline. > >This study should dispel any remaining doubts." ... > > >i well remember the 'increased death rate' study and the ensuing arguments > >the methodology of the study seemed to be so flawed >that i made my own decision not to worry about it >then and whenever the subject has come up since > >i started on both selegiline and sinemet >in october 1988 at diagnosis >and haven't stopped or regretted either since > >twelve years since diagnosis >and fifteen or sixteen years since first symptoms appeared >i can still manage to function almost symptom free >for a majority of my time >[hormone hell days excluded!] > >i know we are all different etc etc >and >i have no way of 'proving' selegiline has helped me etc. etc. >but >Happy Boxing Day, Dr. Langston !!! > >janet > >janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype parkie >53 now /44 dx cd / 43 onset cd /41 dx pd / 37 onset pd >TEL: 613 256 8340 SMAIL: POBox 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada >EMAIL: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com