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Dear Mr. McCarthy: It is fine to take vitamins if they make you feel better. In general, however, persons with good diets do not need vitamin supplements. The notion that specific vitamins can help in Parkinson's Disease has been around for a long time. Recent emphasis has been on the so-called antioxidants - Vitamin C, Vitamin E, CoQ10, and NADH. To my knowledge, there is not one iota of evidence that they are more efective than placebo. However, placebo does make some people feel better. What is important is to make sure you do not exceed the recommended daily doses of Vitamins like Vitamin A and Vitamin E - the "fat soluble" vitamins, since excess of those vitamins can cause problems. In addition, in PWP taking levodopa, pyridoxine, or Vitamin B6, can reduce the efficacy of levodopa by accelerating its metabolism. Jorge Romero ----- Original Message ----- From: "ervinmccarthy" <[log in to unmask]> To: "Jorge A Romero MD" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 4:21 PM Subject: Re: Re: Mirapex information > Dr. Romero, could you clear up the confusion on vitamin Cand vitaminE as to > whether it's OK to take them. Thank you > [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn