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Brian, That was very good of you to agree to participate in the study and to send out the word about our study. We are particularly looking for people on dopamine agonists and Comtan. Our Levodopa groups are nearly filled. We also need caregivers. Hope to hear from lots of folks. They'll be sent $75 for their time. Gwen -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of BRIAN CARLSON Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 5:52 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Parkinson's survey Here is a Parkinson's survey that I'm taking part in. It pays money for taking the survey and it may help to see what meds are doing the most good. Brian EXECUTIVE SOLUTIONS 6800 Jericho Turnpike * Suite 208W * Syosset, NY 11791 Toll free: (800)343-5834 * Tel: (516)992-5666 * Fax: (516)682-8971 The Power of Insight Executive Solutions is looking for participants for an important paid ($75) marketing research study on Parkinson's disease. It involves a 90-minute telephone focus group of 6 Parkinson's patients and a 90-minute telephone focus group of 6 care givers of Parkinson's patients. Executive Solutions is a marketing research firm based on Long Island, New York. We have been in business over 20 years and have many Fortune 500 clients. We have been asked by a major pharmaceutical company to hold telephone focus groups with U.S. based Parkinson's disease patients and Parkinson's disease caregivers in order to gain an understanding of what their lives are like. We want to find out such things as: 1.. how medications affect the health and quality of life for Parkinson's patients 2.. how effective doctor-patient communication is 3.. what the general challenges are living with or caring for someone with this disease Here are the qualifications to be included in a patient group: --You have been diagnosed with and are being treated for Parkinson's disease --You have seen your neurologist in the past 6 months --You are taking one of the following drug regimens: levodopa (Dopar, Larodopa), a dopamine agonist or Comtan (the levodopa groups are nearly filled) Here are the qualifications to be included in a caregiver group: --You must be caring for a patient with the above qualifications --You assist with medication decisions --You are not being paid by this person to care for them These interviews are taking place between March 26 and April 4, so time is of the essence. Please contact Gwen Carden if you are interested, or kindly pass this information along to someone who might be. She can be contacted at: [log in to unmask] or can be called in Florida at: 772-220-1230. The company's website is: www.executive-solutions.com. Participants are given a toll-free number to call into at the appointed time, by the way, so there's no cost to the participant. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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