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cross-posted At 02:07 2001/04/17 PDT, nancy wrote: >hi >I had a well....very unsupportive day. I thght. I was >misinterpreting what I was hearing, so I stated 'it' >back and it was confirmed- no misinterpretation. After >approx. 5 years of taking sinemet I was informed that >if I stopped taking the sinemet , then that would not >prove whether I needed the med or not. Can someone >please explain this to me please? I understand the >placebo effect, but has this ever been scientifically >researched? The effectiveness of C-L verses a placebo >given to control parkinsons symptoms or parkinsons disease. >thank you, >nancy hi nancy did your neuro say this to you? if you have pd and you stop taking sinemet then your pd symptoms should then reveal themselves in all their now five year old glory! why would this take your neuro five years? did you have pd symptoms five years ago were they not the reason you started on sinemet? and, yes of course, levodopa has been tested vs a placebo twenty-five years ago when its effectiveness was first established hence the sad stories of parkies suffering without it in prior years janet janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky PD: 54/41/37 CD: 54/44/43 TEL: 613 256 8340 EMAIL: [log in to unmask] "a new voice" home page: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ . "new voice news" latest posts: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nvnNET/ . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn