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Camilla. I don't know if you have been on estrogen of any kind, but I found when I tried to get off of the estrogen patch, my PD symptoms got worse. I have tried twice and both times my symptoms got worse. Marty [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Camilla Flintermann <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 1:53 AM Subject: Re: NON PD-- Premarin substitutes >True, Barb, according to the websites I visited. Neither are Estradiol and >several others. > > Luckily the Premarin posts appeared the day before I was to see my >gynecologist. When I saw him today, I asked for a substitute, and he >willingly complied, but in my case he suggested something called "Evista" >(I think that's right--I've already mailed in the Rx) as he said it >protects for osteoporosis and heart problems, without adding a breast >cancer risk. I really appreciated the info about Premarin, and it was >timely. > >BTW--the ob/gyn doc was aware that the "natural" subs for Premarin used >plant materials, etc. and seemed to think most patients knew of the >alternatives, and of the source of Premarin. When I offered him hard >copies from a couple of websites I had with me, he declined, saying "I >don't want to know" about the conditions the mares are kept in---then asked >if I were a vegetarian! I said no, nor an animal activist , but I don't >buy veal because of the conditions the calves are kept in, and he said, >"Neither do I! I saw pictures and it was awful!" ---but he wouldn't look at >my pictures of horses---go figure! > >>>>>> >>I take Estrace which I think is not from horse urine. At least that is what my >>doctor said when she changed me to it. >>Barbara Smith,cg/Ken/70/17 > > > > Shalom, Camilla <[log in to unmask]> > http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm > > > ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## > "In matters of conscience, > the law of majority > has no place." > ---Mohandas K. Gandhi > ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##