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In Remembrance
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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In Remembrance
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,772
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From Psychcentral Newsletter
Cough Medicine Helps Parkinson’s
By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on November 8, 2007
MedicineResearchers discover a cough suppressant and a drug tested as a schizophrenia therapy appears to mitigate some of the debilitating side effects of the levodopa , the primary medicine used for Parkinson’s disease.
Dextromethorphan, used in such cold and flu medications as Robitussin, Sucrets, Triaminic and Vicks, suppresses dyskinesias in rats, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University found. Dyskinesias are the spastic or repetitive motions that result from taking levodopa, or L-dopa, over long periods.
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Born in 1953, 1st symptoms and misdiagnosed as essential tremor in 1992. Dx with PD in 2000.
Currently (2011) taking 200/50 Sinemet CR 8 times a day + 10/100 Sinemet 3 times a day. Functional 90% of waking day but fragile. Failure at exercise but still trying. Constantly experimenting. Beta blocker and ACE inhibitor at present. Currently (01/2013) taking ldopa/carbadopa 200/50 CR six times a day + 10/100 form 3 times daily. Functional 90% of day. Update 04/2013: L/C 200/50 8x; Beta Blocker; ACE Inhib; Ginger; Turmeric; Creatine; Magnesium; Potassium. Doing well.
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