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John S. Walker wrote:
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>      Some Facts About Parkinson's Disease
> http://www.dash.com:80/netro/nwx/tmr/tmr0197/parkinson0197.html
>
> Mark E. Abell, BS, PA-C

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>  The use of Sinemet in the treatment of Parkinson's
> disease should be reserved for reducing the slow movements and
> rigidity; the drug does very little in reducing the tremors.
> <snip>
> Recall that the use of Sinemet does not do much to help the tremors,
> but is used in the treatment of rigidity and bradykinesia; and those
> two characteristics of the disease are measured (in terms of
> frequency) to determine the affects of the medication in the treatment
> of the disease.
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Good job as always John,

I observe that at least in my case the levodopa DOES HELP very much
about tremors since I still am not affected by the other symptoms.It
would be very interesting to have the testimony of others PWPD in this
list about this assertion.

Regards,
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