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My husband's gout never prevented his PD - and he had really high uric acid levels. Wonder how valid these studies are? -------- Mary Ann (CG Jamie 68/28 with PD, died 11/20/07) www.bentwillowfarm.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilson DeCamp" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 10:16 AM Subject: Re: High Urate Means Slow PD Decline > Urate is the anionic (negative) of uric acid, which is a common metabolite > of a variety of nucleosides. There are clinical trials currently under > way > to see if consumption of inosine (which is already available as a > nutritional supplement) can lead to elevated blood levels of urate. > Check > clinicaltrials.gov for more information. > > There are legitimate concerns about the safety of high levels of urate in > the bloodstream. In particular, this is believed to cause gout. I think > I > might prefer to have gout than PD. > > Wilson DeCamp > Leesburg, VA > (retired FDA chemistry reviewer) > > > In a message dated 11/26/2009 4:09:34 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > What is urate and how do you increase its level? > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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