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Dear friends, I am an undergraduate a Duke University doing research on Parkinson's Disease, mainly comparing levodopa treatments with that of pallidotomy. I would be most interested in any data on the relative expense of these two treatments. While I realize that individual treatments may vary, is pallidotomy generally more cost effective then continued use of levodopa treatments? Or is the surgery, on the contrary, much more expensive in the long term? Thanks you so much for your help and concern. Sincerely yours, Brian Skotko ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BRIAN G. SKOTKO Duke University Home address: Box 92275 16987 Stag Thicket Ln. Durham, NC 27708 Strongsville, OH 44136 Phone: (919) 613-1427 Phone: (440) 238-2964 E-mail: [log in to unmask] E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.duke.edu/~bgs2/brian.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~