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Dolores. I am the person who posted the message about CoQ10 and its intent. I apologize if I offended you. You seem angry as many of us feel at times. I don't sell CoQ10 but I do take it. Since you asked what I've read in the study that makes me use it I will share a few brief quotes. I am working on creating a website which will be an information exchange point and people will be able to download the entire report including the graphs for free. In the meantime, throughout the report it states more studies are needed. So they aren't making any generalized statements. But about the subjects that they studied for 16 months and then another 16 months they say "Conclusion. Coenzyme Q10 was safe and well tolerated a dosages of up to 1200 mg/d. Less disability developed in subjects assigned to coenzyme Q10 than in those assigned to placebo, and the benefit was greatest in subjects receiving the highest dosage. Coenzyme Q10 appears to slow the progressive deterioraion of function in PD, but these results need to be confirmed in a larger study." The report includes all of the explanation of how the groups were formed, the scales used i.e. UPSDRS (Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale) mental score, motor score and ADL (activities of daily living). They also used the Hehn and Yahr scale score and Schwab and England and others tests too boring to mention. The bottom line was that in this test of subjects taking either placebo, 300 mg/d, 600 mg/d or 1200 mg/d all of the three groups taking the CoQ10 did not deteriorate as rapidly as the placebo group and in the 1200 mg group there was a statistically significant benefit versus even the other two groups. Sorry to rattle on but this is important stuff. And I am the first to say more studies are needed. In the meantime I'm on board. Take care. [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dolores Buente" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 10:20 AM Subject: Re: Coenzyme Q-10 > Dear My first name my last name. As I imagined (when I sent my message on > Q-10) someone would find it necessary to point out that this product is not > meant to make me feel different or affect my symptoms. And now I wish to > inform you that I fully understand that point. The issue that I have is that > in spite of taking Q-10 I feel that my symptoms have actually accelerated and > gotten worse. Now, I would think that if there is a beneficial effect to be > had it would & should begin from day one. > > What is it that you've read in the study that makes you so thoroughly > convinced about the value of Q-10? What significant results are convincing > you that it is halting or slowing the progression of PD? This is a > "designer" disorder...each person progresses at a different pace. How can > the rate then be measured? > Dee > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn