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<<<Dianne <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: SELEGILINE-Side effects.. In no way am I telling anyone what meds to take or not take. I merely passed on the information I had read in this particular book (as I stated in my original letter). It wasn't my OPINION, it's printed in many prescription drug sources. Anyone's welcome to read them anytime. When I said I wouldn't take it myself, I was speaking ONLY for myself. You see, I am no longer on any prescription drugs, thanks to all natural products I've discovered. In researching them, I found there have been double blind studies done on these things for years & years, but the FDA can't patent them, so there's no money to be made...I was quite skeptical at first but then when I had a heel spur and the Doc said "OPERATION", fortunately I was told by a friend what natural supplements to use to rid myself of it and it worked. Also, friends and family with Lupus, M.S., Fibromyalgia (my daughter), Hypothyroid (my mother), and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome have found relief with natural products and are now feeling tremendous energy; also my in-laws (now 88 & 89) are finally off all prescription meds and are doing better now than 5 years ago, mostly due to the fact they no longer are experiencing dizziness, fatigue, etc. which were common side effects of the meds they were on.>>>>> I also feel inclined to comment on these words: 1) the FDA - food and drug administration - does not patent. The FDA does rule on whether a "medicine" may be sold legally in this nation for use to cure or alleviate medical or health problems. 2) drug companies will patent their discoveries and then seek approval to sell as prescription drugs or medicine. I think your intent was to express negative emotion about drug companies seeking maximum profit - id est, only seeking approval of patentable medications. (There is no profit in most drugs or products not having the 17 years of monopoly sales to recoup the cost of testing to obtain FDA approval.) 3)Dianne obviously advocates alternative medicine. There is much OPINION that prescription medicines are "bad" because drug sellers are "bad" - and, doctors are "bad" is thrown in also. (my opinion: many are overpaid for their efforts, but there are charlatans in alternative medicine who profit on ignorant average citizens.) 4)the placebo effect (human anatomy heals itself) is very important. One's belief in expectation that healing will occur if touched by the charismatic - or consuming the "natural products" - or the "wonder drug" - or the "like magic magnets" et cetera - is the very ultimate in doctoring oneself. We do not know formally how to even describe the wonderful chemistry of the evolved animals - and, the naked ape is most gifted by cognition that is conscious and able to abstract and communicate what homo sapiens has collectively learned over history. However, knowledge implies learning - and, the learning is better achieved by some - who can take advantage of ignorance. There is also truth and valid informing as well as lies, mis-informing, non-valid-discovery and correct scientific explication of the formerly unknown or undescribed or incorrectly understood. 5) one more caveat: reverse placebo - is perhaps as destructive. Believing that one is "doomed" may well cause the will to die rather than live a future that seems to be "living hell". Brain chemistry is partially responsive to attitude. Be spunky. Vitality "is" joy in living. living is caring positively for self. self "is" the process - cognition - trip through time - with bringing joy and sorrow to self and others. living well "is" keeping "well" (not being sick). keeping well is charismatic and contagious. adult-hood (in the cognitive abstract) "is" loving and knowing self and others. Laugh if you have not learned to crow. To Hell with worry. ron 1936, dz PD 1984 Ridgecrest, California Ronald F. Vetter <[log in to unmask]> http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~rfvetter/