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Yes, I believe Teva's (manufacturer) warnings about this drug do include increased chance of melanomas and contraindication for those who have had them. The drug can be gotten directly from Israel but has not been approved in the US to date. Carole ----- Original Message ----- From: "cb" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 6:31 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