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This is actually a message to all those who expressed an interest in the Anita Freeman interview. I had so many requests I thought it would be simpler to just send it e-mail, especially since some did not include snail-mail addresses. As to its authenticity, I can't attest to that. They say when something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. But they don't know everything, do they?? Here's her personal regimen: Liquid deprenyl citrate (1 mg/drop) 10 drops: 3 morning, 2 noon, 3 early afternoon 2 late afternoon) Vitamin E (1000 IU) 1 each morning, noon, and evening (my note:use d'alpha Tocopherol) Vitamin C (L-ascrobic acid powder) 1500 mg each morning and evening Cell Guard (antioxidant enzyme) 5 tablets each morning for two weeks, 3 tablets each morning thereafter Vitamin A/D 25000 IU/1500 mg 1 tablet each morning Sun Chlorella A 5 tablets each morning, noon, and evening Coenzyme Q10 (30 mg) 1 each morning and evening Viobin Prometabs (5 g octacosanol) 1 each morning and evening L-Glutathione (50 mg) 1 each morning Pycnogenol (50 mg) 4 each morning and evening For general health: GLA-125 (600 mg) (gamma linolenic acid) 1 each morning and evening Gingko biloba (40 mg) 1 each morning and evening MaxEPA (1000 mg omega-3 EPA eicosapentaenoic acid 1 each morning and evening B-complex 100 1 each noon, if you don't take Sinemet. Potasium and magnesium 1 each morning and evening Multi-mineral 1 each morning Maxi L-carnitine (500 mg) Chromium picolinate (200 mg) 1 each morning Cayenne Power Caps Hot 1 each morning and evening B-12 injectsions once weekly Flax oil (1 tbsp in 4 tbsp cottage cheese Melatonin (9 mg) evening only Interview with Steven Wm. Fowkes: "An Improved Parkinson's Therapy" Intro: For years, we have been discussing the use of deprenyl in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and the use of antioxidants for the treatment of free-radical pathologies and aging. Now, Anetta Freeman, 1 58 year old housewife from Beverly Hills, California has put the two together with phenomenal results. In 1992 whe was almost completely disabled by Parkinson's disease; today she is largely recovered. Interview questions are in caps; responses in regular type. WILL YOU DESCRIBE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR DIAGNOSIS? I was formally diagnosed in late '87 but I knew I had PD some time before that. I took care of my husband's aunt, who had it, so I recognized the symptoms. WHAT WERE THE ISSUES WITH YOUR DOCTORS NOT RECOGNIZING IT? I was having subtle symptoms at the time, such as weakness in my voice. It would become scratchy and hoarse. I would get breathless and my voice would get weaker. MY husband had throat cancer in 1979 and I lost my voice. My doctor said it was psychosomatic, but I knew it wasn't. The stress made the PD symptoms stronger. The voice problem persisted until 1992 when I started on the liquid deprenyl citrate. HOW BAD DID YOUR SYMPTOMS GET? By Oct. 1992 I was having trouble getting out of a chair. I had no energy. My medicine wasn't working well. When it finally took hold, I got a good two hours a day in which I could function at high level. It just didn't last long. WHEN YOU WERE FINALLY DIAGNOSED, WAS THAT BY JUST ONE DOCTOR OR DID YOU SEE OTHERS? First I saw only one doctor, because I knew without a doubt I had PD. One evening we were at dinner with a friend who's a neurosurgeon and my entire right side went into spasms. He was horrified and said he would pick me up at 7 am to see a neurologist at UCLA. The neurologist diagnosed Parkinson's disease, but he didn't want to medicate me because I was going along well. My response was "of course I want to have medication." I wanted to be as good right now as I can and didn't want this to happen again. It's very embarrassing. I found a doctor at Cedars Sinai Medical Center who became my primary care physician. I strong-armed him into giving me medication. STARTING WITH SINEMET? Yes, I tried amantadine, Parlodel, and a number of other drugs to get the symptoms under control. We finally hit on Sinement and Inderal as primary therapy untile Eldepryl became available. I think I was one of the first people to get it around 1990. DID YOU GET ANY ADDED BENEFIT FROM ELDEPRY THAT YOU DIDN'T GET FROM SINEMET AND INDERAL? Yes, I did. The first 5 or 6 months were fantastic, but as time went on I got worse and worse. The medication wasnt' working and I started to get a lot of bad side effects. (to be continued)