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Will Johnston wrote Rita:

At 06:15 AM 10/16/96 -0400, you wrote:
  <>Will
  <>Registery of drug sales:
  <>1.  Mail order drug sales would skew regional focus much out of proportion.
  <> (most of those I know in NE who mailorder do so through an Arizona supply
  <>house).
  <>
  <>2.  Sinemet is used to treat more than Parkinson's disease and related
  <>movement disorders. The lobbyist for the pharmaceutical industry in NE take
  <>Sinemet for nerve damage in her legs resulting from a problem pregnancy, and
  <>the list goes on.............  <
  <>
  <Dear Rita,

  <There is also a problem about how much is used per patient.. One fellow I
  <know from my support group has reduced his Sinemet to 19 @25/100's + 2
  <@50/200 CR's per day.

  <This would a jumping off place.  With current estimates from people in the
  <know saying that in the US there are a million of us, plus or minus a half
  <million, we could probably narrow the guesstimates substantially.

  <I asked DuPont and was turned down.
  <WILL JOHNSTON   4049 OAKLAND SCHOOL ROAD
                SALISBURY, MD 21804-2716
                410-543-0110
  <Pres A.P.D.A.  DelMarVa Chapter
  <63  Dx1991 Symptoms 1971

Rita,

This from another Will:
Will J's example does not sound very average to me.
How about setting up a little poll among the List?
Here is my contribution:

For 5 years:  daily 2 Sinemet CR's  50-200
                       daily 2 Eldepryl  5 mg
This year:     daily 2 1/2 Sinemet CR's  50-200
                       daily 2 Seligiline  5 mg

Will A. Kuipers     ( 75 / dx '91 )
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