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Does this mean we get to pretend its the 60's all over again? Carole H. --- janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Marijuana chewing-induced improvements in > Parkinson's disease > > This case report documents motor improvements from > daily chewing of a single marijuana leaf in a 72- > year-old man with Parkinson's disease. > > The patient was taking 400 mg levodopa/day when he > began on marijuana, and continued his levodopa dose > unchanged. > > After two months, he reported improved tremor and > bradykinesia. > > He has continued for five years, with loss of > benefit during two treatment suspension periods, and > regain of benefit with recommencement of treatment. > > The author notes the patient has an unusually benign > course of PD, that marijuana leaves have a different > concentration and distribution of active ingredients > than marijuana flowers, and that chewing is likely > to produce different effects than smoking. > > > E Ruzicka > P-TU-136 > Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, Volume 5 > Supplement, 1999 > <http://www.wemove.org> > > janet paterson > 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset > snail-mail: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 > Canada > website: a new voice > <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> > e-mail: <[log in to unmask]> > _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com