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I appreciate the info re melanoma. No you don't want that at all, Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "cb" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 7:31 AM Subject: Re: anybody helped by rsagilene? > George > > I don't think rasagiline has won FDA approval yet for marketing in the US, > so there may not be a lot of experience with the drug. > > I took rasagilene for a number of years as part of the clinical trial for > the drug. At the time, it was the only med I was taking, and I thought it > was helpful, but I didn't need much at the time. The hope has been that > it > is 'neuroprotective' and perhaps will slow progression of the disease. > > The end of my use of the drug may interest you. As part of the clinical > study, we were sent to a dermatologist every three months; at the last of > these exams he detected a melanoma, subsequently biopsed and > ved -- > 'last' of the exams because I was kicked out of the study when the > melanoma > was found. There seems to be some association between a greater risk of > melanoma and some of our drugs, rasagilene among them. The risk may be > low, > but melanoma is no fun either. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "g.c. beyer" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:43 PM > Subject: anybody helped by rsagilene? > > >>i am starting it.THere has been non positive effect afteri wk.mAndi seem >> worse.What result do you look for? >> >> george >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn