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I am interested to see the subject of Eldepryl coming up again. There are a number of points which should be considered when making your decision:- I was put on Eldepryl (2 tablets per day) at the time when it became fashionable -yes, that is the appropriate term- largely because of the discovery of the effects of the designer drug gone wrong, MPTP. The reasoning was: MPTP kills many dopamine-producing cells- so perhaps that is how PWPs lose their cells. If it is the reason, Eldepryl would tend to prevent the MPTP reaction, so let's give it a go. After a few weeks, I began to notice that I was having vivid semi-waking nightmares (at that time, no-one knew that you needed to take them before mid-day it you wanted to avoid the dreams) My reaction was a bit more decisive: I cut out the evening eldepryl totally, and only took one in the morning. (End of Dreams) I subsequently learned that the reason that Eldepryl causes those dreams, and seems to provide an energy boost, and is quite liked by its users is that as it breaks down in the brain, one of the reactions which occurs leads to the formation of Amphetamine (Speed), hence the weird dreams etc. I promptly cancelled my remaining tablet (Nobody messes with my mind if I can help it !!) At about the same time the notorious news was released about the UK team's finding of a statistical relationship resulting in increased mortality in those taking Eldepryl and levodopa. Other attempts to reproduce the test results have failed, but the UK team, are still trying to explain how the error (if that is what it was) occurred. Apparently some departures from correct procedure were encountered, but not enough to explain the very significant mortality rate. The investigatio Proceeds -- Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]>n).