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Haven't tried that but thank you for the info....note...Theophylline is closely related to caffeine and chocolate.......and I have had experience with those !!! and continue to use them.........dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "platypus" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 9:59 PM Subject: Theophylline > 1: J Pharm Pharmacol. 1994 Jun;46(6):515-7. > Related Articles, Links > > > > The effect of theophylline on parkinsonian symptoms. > > Mally J, Stone TW. > > Department of Neurology, Central Hospital Fejer, Hungary. > > Adenosine is known to inhibit the release of dopamine from central > synaptic terminals. The present open trial was therefore conducted to > determine whether the adenosine receptor-antagonist theophylline would be > of value in Parkinson's disease. Fifteen parkinsonian patients were > treated for up to 12 weeks with a slow release oral theophylline > preparation (150 mg day-1), yielding serum theophylline levels of 4.44 mg > L-1 after one week. The patients exhibited significant improvements in > mean objective disability scores and 11 reported moderate or marked > subjective improvement. It is suggested that theophylline might be a > useful adjunct to the routine therapy of parkinsonian patients. > > Publication Types: > > · Clinical Trial > > > > Has anyone tried this > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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