Thanks for the quick reply, Will. Maybe the second idea has some hope...... [OO] LOOKING FOR RADIOS! Ken Becker [log in to unmask] On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, will johnston wrote: > At 12:22 AM 12/19/96 -0500, you wrote: > >While reading some of the posts here, two ideas came to me, please feel > >free to discuss, amplify or tell me they are worthless, but MAYBE one or > >the other could help with PD. > >Idea one: why can't sinemet be put into extra thick capsules, and be > >taken at one time during the day, some capsules could be twice as thick, > >some three times, to ensure they melt hours later and distribute the > >contents.. > > > To no. 1. > > Your stomach & other innards process contents too rapidly. Ldopa is > absorbed almost entirely in the first few feet of the small intestine. If > one tied a string on it and pulled it up part way every hour, it might > work. Sounded good but, alas.. > > > > > 2 If radiation can be beamed into the brain without incisions, to treat > >cancer, why not do the same, to perform a non-invasive palidotomy?? I am > >willing to take any criticism, but if thee is merit to either idea, > >please someone, get it into the right place to become useful! > > > > > > > > > >[OO] LOOKING FOR RADIOS! > >Ken Becker > >[log in to unmask] > > > > > WILL JOHNSTON 4049 OAKLAND SCHOOL ROAD > SALISBURY, MD 21804-2716 > 410-543-0110 > Pres A.P.D.A. DelMarVa Chapter >