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From: Tebay, Wendy M on Mon, Jul 21, 1997 12:05 PM Subject: Re: HP-200 To: PD Listserv Postings Somewhere at home I have info (over a year old) from Southern Illinois U regarding their study on fava beans (which contain dopamine and from which HP-200 is probably derived). At the time I received this info, they were just preparing to begin animal studies. This research was sponsored by the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM), a relatively new branch of the NIH. The practice of using fava beans to treat pd symptoms is taken from Ayurvedic medicine, which is an Indian system of medicine, based primarily on diet, herbs, body types, etc. It's no surprise that India is the first country to have this drug on the market. Personally, I would like to see some of the research money to be obtained from the Udall Bill going to the research of alternative treatments for pd, including acupuncture, herbs, detoxification regimes, etc., and not just to traditional western, high tech, expensive modalities. Wendy Tebay