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Judith wrote re: RLS >However, I was always reluctant to take iron supplements due to the expected >problems with constipation. Some months ago, I found an herbal iron extract >called Floradix, which has a fruit juice base and does not cause this >problem. There is also one called Floravital, which is the same except it is >yeast and gluten free. Whether it helps the RLS or not, I'm not sure, >because it's difficult to determine where RLS leaves off and Parkinson's >begins, but I do feel better when I'm taking Floravital. > Autopsies have shown high concentrations of iron in the parkinsonian brain, and I believe this is not occasionally, but all the time. I personally avoid iron like the plague. Our Young Onset group is actually researching ways to reduce the possibility of iron entering the brain i.e. the possibility that Vit C facilitates this.... I had very good success with NADH for RLS, it took a little while, but I have little to no trouble with RLS now. It used to make nights a horror. NADH is relatively harmless, and is helping many of us. Be well, Kathie Tollifson [log in to unmask]