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Independent.co.uk
Food supplement found to slow Parkinson's disease

By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor
Tuesday, 15 October 2002
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...se-614122.html

A food supplement available in health food shops has become the first compound shown to slow the progression of Parkinson's disease, the chronic neurological disorder that affects 120,000 people in Britain.

A food supplement available in health food shops has become the first compound shown to slow the progression of Parkinson's disease, the chronic neurological disorder that affects 120,000 people in Britain.

American scientists, who published the findings yesterday, described it as a landmark study that could ultimately provide a new way of treating the disease. The results show that the supplement, known as co-enzyme Q10, reduced by 44 per cent the loss of function caused by the disease over 16 months.

The supplement is sold at health food shops and via the internet, but for the quantities used in the study the cost is high. The researchers found only those patients taking the largest dose of 1,200mg a day gained a worthwhile benefit. People taking doses of 300mg and 600mg a day fared only slightly better than those taking a placebo. None of the patients suffered side-effects.

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oopss...this is realy old...I didn't watch the date before I posted it...I try to do this, but missed this one.