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At 02:51 1/7/97 -0500, Joseph W. Duggan wrote: >I've just caught up on reading about 30 PD digests and read some of the comments >about pycnogenol. I'm interested to know if anyone has given it a fair 90 day >trial to see if it does improve PD symptoms. My understanding is that much of >the aging and destruction of cells in the brain is due to abnormally high levels >of free radicals. Apparantly, PD patients have an unusually high level of free >radicals in their brains. This could be due to poor diet, toxic metals or >chemicals as well as indiviidual biochemistry. If pycnogenol is able to >penetrate the blood-brain barrier and is 50 times more active than vitamin C or >E, perhaps it can do some good and stop the progression of PD as well as >moderate the side-effects of L-dopa therapy, one of which is elevated levels of >free radicals in the brain. Has anyone given pycnogenol the same fair trial that >seems to be so freely given to new drugs which always seem to have negative >side-effects? > Joseph, I have been using pcnogenal for about 6 mo. I am taking it becase it seems like a good idea to take antoxidents. I have no way to know if it is doing me any good since I don't know what my rate of progression would be wihtout it. I am on no meds. I have atypical parkinsonism and Sinemet does me do good. ---Milo Milo V. Anderson, Ph.D. Knowledge is free at the library; Box 417 bring your own contianer. Angwin, CA 94508 voice 707 965 2508 ODE TO A METAPHOR fax 707 965 3148 Ilustrations are useful, e-mail [log in to unmask] Or what's a meta-FOR.