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Phil Tompkins wrote: > 1. This is a side-effect you don't read of in the monographs. I > haven't seen this discusssed on the list either, nor do I believe > that neurologists mention this to their patients. Why? Wouldn't you > want to know all the risks? Is levodopa toxicity being kept a > secret, or is not enough known about it to say for sure that it is a > real problem? It's a long-standing unsettled debate among researchers. Very briefly, effects on cultured cells in a petri dish don't seem to agree with numerous clinical findings. I've reviewed a number of research papers on the subject in the monthly Current Science Reviews that appears here. Cheers, Joe -- J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013