Hi KF, Apokinon=apomorphine, as far as I know is used mainly against the on-off symptoms. It is used subcutaneously ( injection). Since its action is of short duration, some sort of pump can be used for day-long ( or hour-long ) diffusion. Maryse cg John 74,14 >Maryse: > >You may have seen the announcement that the FDA here in the US is starting >the approval process for Apokinon. My question is what are the principal >symptoms that Apokinon addresses. Is it tremor, rigidity, freezing or what >else, all of the above? Do you know? >Thanks. > >K. F. Etzold cg Carline > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn