^^^^^^WARM GREETINGS FROM^^^^^^^^^^ Ivan Suzman 48/10 [log in to unmask] Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 24 deg. F partly sunny *********************************************************** Dear Dr. Reichert and List, Can someone please re-post Dr. Reichert's letter from the FDA? I was about to reply, but my finger jerked and bumped the Delete arrow, and the Dr. Reichert post VANISHED.. Anyway, I would like to do something to get NADH under study in the United States, for Parkinson's, approved by the FDA. As a young-onset Parkinsonian in my tenth year, and with NADH definitely helping me to keep hanging on, iit would be TREMENDOUSLY helpful if NADH were Medicaid-payable. Its current unapproved status, and expense, make it unavailable to me, as a low-income "pensioner," except when someone donates me a supply. The FDA's reply to Dr. Reichert refers only to NADH's use for Alzheimer's and memory loss, and ignores its potential for alleviating PD symptoms. In Dr. Georg D. Birkmayer's pamphlet, "NADH, The Energizing Co-Enzyme" (MENUCO Corporation, 1996, p.19), there is mention of an Alzheimer's study under Dr. Stanley Cohan, Chairman, Dept. of Neurology, Georgetown University.There is also mention of an NADH study on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Drs. Joseph Bellanti (Director, Immunology) and Harry Preuss (Nephrology), also at Georgetown. Finally there is a description of the use of NADH at the Lenox Hill Hospital Sports Medicine Unit, New York City, by a Dr. Gilbert Gleim, with reference to various tests on long-distance runners. There are enough of us on the List who use NADH, or are interested in NADH, that a letter to the FDA, in response to Dr. Reichert's post, seems quite timely, and hopefully, could reap great benefits for many PWP's. I would be excited to see some of the Udall Act money going to NADH research. Who knows, maybe NADH could be in widespread use MUCH sooner, if we act while the opportunity presents itself to us. Again, any comments would help, especially from those with NADH experience. Sincerely, Ivan Suzman 48/10