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Truly great news about drug treatments on the horizon. My only (selfish) question is, WHEN???? Ernie Peters writes: >NEW DRUGS - AN UPDATE by Professor Peter Jenner >This year should see the launch of at least two new dopamine agonist drugs >for treating Parkinson's Disease. Ropinirole (SmithKline Beecham, UK) and >Pramipexole (Pharmacia/Upjohn,USA) will provide another means of treating >both the early stages of Parkinson's disease and the problems which arise >when L-DOPA starts to lose its effect...... and Robert Cowan reports: >VIENNA, Austria, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- According to results >announced at this week's 4th International Congress of Movement >Disorders, a new Parkinson's medication called entacapone >reduces fluctuations in motor performance that commonly occur in >patients being treated with levodopa....... Waiting with breath held back, Margaret Tuchman