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Ralph: I asked a PD specialist last week his opinion of the nicotine patches. He told me that they have no benefit on "movement" symptoms of PD (ie, tremor, bradykinesia, etc.) but that he uses the patches to help improve slight confusion in patients with PD and Alzheimers. Not for the hallucinations or other side effects of Sinemet, but for impaired memory, fuzziness etc. that some experience. He (Dr. Matt Kurth) said that it doesn't work for all patients but many do have benefit. Often the patient did not think that it helped but the family members reported that they notice improvement and wanted their loved ones to continue using the patch. Carole ([log in to unmask]) >---------- >From: Ralph Reichert[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Thursday, October 17, 1996 7:30PM >To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN >Subject: Nicotine treatment for PD > >Has anyone had success using nicotine transdermal patches to treat >parkinson tremor? >