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Hi Ernie: You wrote: >>> Ernie Peters <[log in to unmask]> 07/24/97 08:01am >>> >>Unfortunately, there has also been a more recent study >>(reported in the British Medical Journal) that states >>entirely the opposite when the drug was combined with >>Levodopa. Some people have said the study was flawed. >>I hope so, but the figures were such that one should at >>least consider them when making decisions. I do not offer >>my opinion on this, but simply point out how difficult it is >>to get at the truth. >>Ernie Peters <[log in to unmask]><<< I am familiar with the December 1995 article in the British Medical Journal describing the selegiline study. Many responses to the results pointed out flaws in the methodology, not the least of which was accuracy of clinical diagnosis protocols. The data was reanalyzed and the conclusion was that the study could not support the finding of increased mortality in the use of selegiline and Levodopa medication. Subsequent studies have published findings that there has been no increase in mortality in patients using selegiline and Levodopa. To me these are more reassuring and I think accurate. Stephan 53/7