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As a smoker, I was rather hoping to use PD as an excuse not to quit. :) Barb Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 19:42:19 -0400 From: judith guttman <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Re: NICOTINE Those tobacco companies will do anything to get more business. :_) <---- Begin Included Message ----> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 11:31:42 -0400 From: Mike Usman <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: NICOTINE Gordon B. wrote: >Does anyone know about the use of nicotine in the treatment of P.D. >It was heard on a C.B.S. noon news broadcast. Are you sure it was PD? Nicotine stimulates one type of acetylcholine receptor and a few studies have suggested some mild improvement in symptoms when given to patients with Alzheimer disease. Please don't take this as a suggestion that smoking is a treatment for any known disease!!!! These studies may, however, lead to useful types of treatments in the future. mike ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mahmood (Mike) A. Usman, M.D. Director, Memory and Movement Disorder Programs Medical College of PA & Hahnemann University, Allegheny Campus e-mail: [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Phone: (412) 330-4005 Fax: (412) 330-4089 4 Allegheny Center Pittsburgh, PA 15212 USA -------------------------------------------------------------- <---- End Included Message ----> Peace, Judith Judith A Guttman "...we are wound Washington DC with mercy round and round [log in to unmask] as if with air" -- Hopkins