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On Fri 18 Apr, Dwayne Ramsey wrote: > Having had Parkinson's for 13 years, I've learned not to overreact to > media hype and I agree with Eddie Luther " There's too much hype on > this one" > > I just got back from my doctor ( he specializes in PD ) and he made some > good points. > > #1 PD does not occur naturally in rats or primates( which are used in > these first tests), it must be artificially induced. > This is not true parkinsonism. > > #2 Deprynel can have similar results in this kind of induced > "parkinsonism" in animals, but we know it does not have this kind of > result in humans. > > It is not my intention to discourage any one, I know many of you are > hurting ; but let's > wait and see. > > There are some good things on the horizon. Four new drugs this year and > some > things going on in Europe. > > Waiting > but Hopeful > Dwayne > Ramsey > > You make some good and timely points Dwayne - I was thinking of writing a similar note, but this will do fine. Regards -- Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]>