> > In reply to Charlotte's queries about my use of NADH for PD: I use none of > it or ever have or ever intend to. I took a taste, about 3 mg, probably in > 1956 after I had synthesized some for a biochemical experiment on rat brain > mitochondria (I take a taste of most chemicals I synthesize). The NADH had a > somewhat salty taste but no further effect. The mitochondria showed the > expected stimulation of oxygen consumption. I had no symptoms of PD at that > time, nor for 34 years subsequently. > With best wishes. Steven [[log in to unmask]] > > Please forgive this late response to your post (I finally have a chance to read all of my mail), but I was a bit shocked when I read it. You would take a taste of the chemicals you synthesized?? Do you think that action might have contributed to your PD? I should explain that my husband is a physical chemist who is convinced that his PD probably resulted from the chemical experiments he did as a post-doc. ----- Regards Mary Ann