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Janet313 wrote: > New drug could improve muscle control in Parkinson's patients > > (May 22, 1998 10:26 a.m. EDT http://www.nando.net) - The generic drug > amantadine can improve the jerky, involuntary muscle movements that occur > after long use of the leading medication for Parkinson's disease, researchers > say. > > "By adding amantadine to Parkinson's treatment therapy, many patients in the > advanced stages of Parkinson's disease can expect a better quality of life and > improved muscular functioning," said Dr. Thomas Chase of the National > Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Md. > Researchers recently discovered that levodopa makes certain receptors in the > brain hypersensitive, and that blocking those receptors can reduce some of the > movement difficulties. > > Chase decided to try amantadine because the drug was recently found to contain > properties that blocked the receptors. Well , well , this seems to come in support to my proposed "blockade hypothesis" causing parkison symptoms instead of just and only the believed insufficiency or lack of dopamine . -- +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + | [log in to unmask] | +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+