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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 Treatment using Ropinirole was withdrawn in 14% of patients, 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