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As a part of his overall regimen, Jeff has been taking Gingko Biloba for 2-3
months now. As I've noted before, since Jeff started his current
herb/vitamin/NADH regimen, he's doing much better.
Lisa Carper
 
>The use of ginger for nausea goes back a long way.  Ginger is known to empty
>the stomach quicker than normal.  nausea generated in the stomach may be
>reduced by taking ginger.  Drugs that interfere in the management of PD and
>should be avoided are compazine, reglan and torecan.  These work on the
>nausea center in the brain by depleting dopamine.  These drugs can have a
>profound negative affect on PD and should be avoided. On the other hand,
>ginger, can be used with Sinemet to speed stomach emptying and thus speed the
>process of getting Levodopa into the intestine and absorbed  into the blood
>-- speeding its way to the brain.  I believe Tony Schoonenberg documented "a
>Sinemet HighBall" sometime ago using ginger.
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>I might remind readers that almost all of the anti-Parkinson drugs list
>nausea as an adverse side effect.  In Sinemet the smaller number is the mg of
>carbidopa in Sinemet.  Carbidopa is known to reduce nausea caused by
>levodopa.  In previous discussions the use of a drug named LODOSYN has been
>suggested for those patients getting nausea on the first Sinemet CR in the
>morning.  Lodosyn is free from you neurologist and is nothing more than 25 mg
>of carbidopa.
>
>In the Consumers Report was a more interesting herb that was on its list of
>"helpful herbs."    The herb was Ginkgo biloba.  Quoting from the article on
>page 701:, "Used for circulation.  Enhances blood flow to the brain,
>according to a review of several published studies.  For the elderly, that
>supposedly can improve concentration and memory, absent-mindedness, headaches
>and tinnitus, a ringing in the ears.  May also aid circulation to legs, to
>relieve painful cramps."  They say the right words that perk my interest. How
>well it does this I will leave up to the more adventurous members of this
>group.
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>Regards,
>Alan Bonander
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