 |
 |
If you don't want to read it, delete it. End of story. 2009/9/11 carl grame <[log in to unmask]> > I don't look at any of your emails, there are just too many from you. > What else do you do? > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:43 PM, rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 9th September 2009 - New research > > THE EFFECT OF ROPINIROLE (REQUIP) ON PARKINSON'S DISEASE > > > > Clinical neurology and neurosurgery [2009] Sep 2 [Epub ahead of print] > > (Valldeoriola F, Cobaleda S, Lahuerta J.) Complete abstract > > > > Ropinirole is a dopamine agonist that is commonly used in the treatment > of > > Parkinson's Disease. It is often sold as Requip, Ropark, or Adartrel. For > > more information go to Ropinirole. Ropinirole was found to be mostly used > as > > an add on treatment (in 76% of cases), and as the only treatment in > around a > > quarter (24%) of those people using it. The average maintenance dose was > > found to be 9mg per day, and normally be within the range 4mg to 15mg. > Over > > a quarter (28%) of people taking Ropinirole reported adverse reactions. > The > > most frequent adverse reactions were somnolence and sedation (9%), > > gastrointestinal symptoms (7%), increase in dyskinesia (6%), and > orthostatic > > symptoms (4%). Treatment using Ropinirole was withdrawn in 14% of > patients, > > largely because of either adverse reactions, lack of efficacy, or change > in > > treatment. Over 80% of people taking Ropinirole were considered by their > > neurologists to have improved after taking it. In order to refer to this > > article on its own click here. > > > > 5th September 2009 - New research > > RETINAL STEM CELLS DISAPPEAR AFTER SURGERY FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE > > > > Neurology [2009] Sep 2. [Epub ahead of print] (Farag ES, Vinters HV, > > Bronstein J.) Complete abstract > > > > Retinal pigment epithelial cells have been found to disappear after being > > used in a form of surgery intended for use in Parkinson's Disease. For > > years, the use of implanted stem cells have been claimed to have the > > potential to rid Parkinson's Disease. One of these means is the use of > RPE > > (retinal pigment epithelium) cells. These cells are found in the eyes and > > can also produce dopamine, the substance whose deficiency causes > Parkinson's > > Disease. A 68-year-old man underwent surgical implantation of 325,000 RPE > > cells in Spheramine (gelatin microcarriers) for the treatment of > Parkinson's > > Disease. He happened to die six months after the surgery took place. This > > enabled the researchers to see what happened to retinal stem cells after > > surgical implantation. Over 99.9% of the cells had disappeared after only > > six months. Implanted cells simply failed to survive. A previous study > using > > the same methods demonstrated only a moderate benefit for six months. For > > more details see the Complete abstract. Despite different forms of stem > cell > > surgery now being carried out in countries around the world, there is not > > even one study in the entire medical literature showing that anybody has > > ever been rid of Parkinson's Disease by this means. In order to refer to > > this article on its own click here. > > > > Rayilyn Brown > > Director AZNPF > > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > > [log in to unmask] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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