On Thu 10 Sep, William Heitman wrote:
> In a message dated 9/10/98 7:24:53 AM Central Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
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> I have built-up a complete model of the Levodopa drug input system (based
> partly on computer analysis of my own reactions to levodopa, and using this
> model I was able to formulate my personal optimim requirements, which happens
> to be : 37.5 mg/hour of levodopa, coupled with 4mg of Permax per day. >>
>
>
> Brian,
> I am interested in your computer modeling. Is it a simple process or a
> complex one? Do you use charts and graphs or statistical analysis? If there
> is any software/applications, can I get a copy of same? How did you arrive at
> your 37.5 mg per hour figger?
>
> Regards,
> WHH 55/19
>
>
>
Hello William, Thanks for your interest in my program. It is difficult to
explain in a few words, but I have posted a comprehensive description of how
it works and what you have to do on Simon Coles' web site (The URL is given
below>.
Now the bad news (at least, you may see it that way): I operate a computer
which is made in the UK (Called an Acorn RiscPC) It is (in my rather biased
opinion) way ahwad of the IBM PC in user-friendliness. However, to achieve
this , it inevitably has to use Acorn's own Operating System called RiscOS3.7
and this OS is not compatible with DOS, or Windoze3.1, 95 etc (Not even the
Apple computer).
In a way, this is good news because the technique which I used could be
called an iterative analysis which is trying to deal with so many unknowns
with so few facts that I have to cut in and direct the analysis to stop the
occasional wild error. It sounds as if I am pre-judging the outcome, but it
would be more correct to say that I am feeding my long experience in to
improve the quality of the output.
The test, of course is Does the Program Work?, an thanks to participation
of various people on this list over the past 2 years, I have tried it on 20
subjects, with 15 of them reporting significant inmprovement in their
condition.
The program requires you to record your condition on a scale of +2 to -2
(The Web site will explain that) over a complete day (maybe 3 or 4 days in
total) and that calls for a considerable effort on your part. I then analyse
the data and send the results back to you.
I should tell you that 80% to 90% of people like yourself who show interest,
never return to take the analysis further. Thats OK by me - I am happy to
help those who are prepared to do some work for their own benefit, so I look
forward to hearing from you when you have read the articles.
The Web Site is at - http://james.parkinsons.org.uk/index.htm
Or you can go direct to my articles on this URL
http://james.parkinsons.org.uk/brian.htm
There are some excellent articles in Simons web site, apart from my stuff, so
have a good read.
Regards,
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Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]>
