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Billy B... My full time job is as the forum manager of the Chronic Disease & Disorders Forum on The Microsoft Network. In my capacity as FM, I read every new message which is posted in my forum every single day of the week. I also attend, if not host, many of our weekly chats. I've seen more people with "big name disease," and many, many unheard of diseases than I ever expected to come across in my entire life. I've gotta tell ya, Billy, the AVERAGE Parkie takes no where NEAR the variety and the amount of daily drugs as some... MANY.. of the individuals with these other diseases. WE are pretty damn LUCKY in that respect, in my opinion!! Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange On Behalf Of Charles T. Meyer Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 1997 6:13 PM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Re: taking drugs Heather Elizabeth Baird wrote: > > I am just a lay person, and actually know very little, if > anything. But, my 59 years of life has shown me, that, the fewer > drugs you take, the better off you are. I have yet to see an > illness where more drugs are taken then for Parkinsons. I can't > help but wonder if this is just to keep the drug companies in the > black. All of these Parkinsons drugs were not available 100 > years ago. How did Parkinsons patients deal with this illness > then? > [log in to unmask] THEY BECAME IMMOBILE GOT PNEUMONIA AND DIED RATHER RAPIDLY BY TODAY'S STANDARDS. CHARLIE -- ********************************************************** CHARLES T. MEYER, M.D. MADISON, WISCONSIN [log in to unmask] **********************************************************