I was told many years ago by my neuro that people with PD seemed to respond well to aspirin—those may not have been her exact words, but that was the gist. I take 1 or 2 baby aspirins most days--more if needed. It helps, but a cure it's not. Kathleen On 20 January 2016 at 14:30, Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dr. MJ: > > FYI - I took drugs for lowering triglycerides for 20 years with no side > effects, most recently Tricor until 2yrs ago when iCare PCP Perrin took me > off and I’ve just been on fish oil. Most recent lab tests Jan 7th show > normal levels except vitamin D deficiency common with PWP. I should get > D pills tomorrow. Current PCP Brown’s mother has PD. > > I also learned aspirin blocks brain cell death . no Rx needed for that. > > with all the research going on you’d think something would work but like > cancer, there are probably different kinds of PD > > in a vitamin D trial it helped some with one kind of PD, but not > another > > > http://www.news-medical.net/news/20160112/Cholesterol-lowering-drug-simvastatin-could-become-effective-treatment-for-Parkinsons.aspx > > > 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