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I am in the 2nd phase of a Rilutek(Riluzole) test. It is being administered by Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. I'm about 18 months in and the metrics used indicate 'no change' and that is good news. Lanny Weddel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ben McKeen wrote: > > My wife just brought home a news magazine article which bears > the headline "NEW MIRACLE DRUG COULD SAVE MICHAEL J.FOX". It describes > a drug which the author calls Rilutek, says it is FDA approved for ALS > or Lou Gehrigs Disease and it shows great promise in treating PD by > stopping the progress of the disease. Also says that NPF is recruiting > PWP volunteers for testing. I didn't recall seeing anything on this > List about it and I just did a serch of the archives and came up empty. > I don't know what news magazine the article came out of but I will find out. > Has anyone else heard of this drug? > > Ben > > Ben McKeen [log in to unmask]