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At 08:22 25/10/96 -0400, Kathie Tollifson wrote: >Autopsies have shown high concentrations of iron in the parkinsonian brain, This just gets better and better...iron deficiency seems to be a cause of RLS, but it would appear that Parkinsonians should avoid iron supplements, and/or foods containing iron. Talk about a Catch-22..... >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 hope your findings will be reported to the list. >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. I know there must be a lot of information in our archives about NADH, so that will be my next stop. Since I haven't seen any of the reports you mention about iron in the parkinsonian brain, do you have anything you could send me? Thanks for the info, Kathie. Keep well, Judith