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Subject: Re: Frustrated with Amantadine Hello everyone. From time to time, I read on the list some really far-out claims and opinions, and I have a quiet chuckle and turn the page. After all, life would be very dull if we all thought and did the same thing. And then there is the occasional posting which is so provocative or outrageous that I just have to reply. (Are you reading this Bernardo?) Kristin must be wondering what is going on: She is bombarded with advice, some of which is totally contradictory. Bernardo Klainsbeg would have you do nothing - in fact he tells everyone to do nothing so frequently, I suspect that he is still trying to convince himself that it is the right thing to do. However, before your father rushes off to push the house down, or dangle from the branch of a tree, he should be aware that the question of whether it is better not to treat the symptoms of PD has been the subject of quite a few research projects, and the concensus is that the available drugs for the treatment of PD (Used properly) do not affect the timing of the final outcome of the disease in any way. The clock definitely does not start ticking when you start on levodopa - it started ticking years ago when the first dopamine cells started to die off. Regards, Brian Collins.