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People have commented that theere seems to be a high number of PWP who also have diabetes -- just an observation. A PD registry would have helped prove or disprove. Or might it be age related? An article in Nature mentions 2 diabetes drugs that might be tested for PD (although there are concerns about cardiac side effects.) A big question is ... are these available as generics yet ?. If not, who owns the patent and will they be willling to sponsor PD trials, -i.e. will they make enough money to develop an existing drug for trearting PD? from Nature, Oct 2010 (published online http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101006/full/news.2010.518.html Damaged cell powerhouses linked to Parkinson's "Such drugs have already been widely pursued as potential therapies for type 2 diabetes, and some have already been approved for that use. Avandia (rosiglitazone), a diabetes drug recently pulled from the European market because it raises the risk of heart attack, activates a key protein in the PGC-1α pathway. But a related drug called Actos (pioglitazone) has not been firmly linked to heart attack and remains in use. Beal says that a clinical trial to test Actos in patients with Parkinson's disease has already been approved by regulators..." www.pdpipeline.org ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Kathleen Cochran <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: another "breakthrough" PD power-switch located Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:24:30 -0400 I wonder if there is any data regarding people with PD and diabetes who are taking the drug they allude to. Kathleen On 6 October 2010 23:13, Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > http://www.thestar.com/article/871509--parkinson-s-disease-power-switch-located > > Ray > Rayilyn Brown > Past Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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