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Hello Ron, Ron Reiner wrote: > > Kathie Tollifson wrote:: > > At 10:22 AM 1/9/97 -0500, you wrote: > >Rob Reiner writes: > > > > > >>But a few days ago I stumbled on a web page (which I failed to save) which > >>mentioned that a drug company is initiating formal testing of > >>acetyl-l-carnitine for Alzheimers. I buy ALC by the truckload today and > >>there a many brands to choose from. > > > > > >Rob, I hadn't heard that anyone else was using ALC....I have been using it > >for 4 or 5 months and am really happy with the results. How much do you use, > >and do you take it all the time or take occasional breaks? In what ways do > >you feel it benfits you? And where do you buy it? It still seems to be > >pretty expensive. > > > >Kathie Tollifson > >[log in to unmask] > > > Kathie: > > Before I respond to your specific questions let me say I am astounded by one > aspect of your message. My name is RON Reiner and whenever I am introduced > to someone they always call me ROB. I've grown used to it. I assume it is > due to the immediate name recognition with the famous ROB Reiner. Anyway, > you are the first person to do it in writing. I take no offense (I'm used > to it) but I am truly surprised. > > I started ALC about 2 months ago. My symptoms are still relatively mild > (I've been diagnosed for out 1.5 yrs). My only PD prescriiption medication > is Eldepryl. But I''ve been finding walking increasingly more difficult. > However, unless it is my imagination, the ALC has put some of the "spring" > back in my step. I now ocassionally go through an entire workday without a > thought to PD. I buy the Twinlab 500MG 30-capsules bottles for $30.95 minus > a 15% discount the Nutrition Center gives on all Twinlab products. I take > two a day although I'm thinking of cutting back to one. I am spending about > 2 bucks a day for ALC which is what I used to spend on cigarettes many years > ago. If I'd stuck with the cigarettes I might not have the PD today. Plus > smoking was more fun. > You mentioned that your symptoms are still mild and that your only PD prescription were Eldepryl before you started ALC....so I wonder if you were taking levodopa (Sinemet and similars) instead of ALC you would'nt been feeling the same.Besides that,who knows the side effects of ALC ? > All the best, +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + | [log in to unmask] | +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+