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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Marysville, WA
Posts: 613
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Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Marysville, WA
Posts: 613
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Originally Posted by Shelley
Hi all,
I am a for peer NT member/mod. My mom was dx'd yesterday with PD. She is very scared and I thought I would do some reading.
Any thoughts or suggestions for a newbie is appreciated. They gave her levodopa but she is afraid to take it and wants to start with 1 per day even though they told her 3 a day spaced out over 6 hours.
So sorry to read about the loss of Rick, an amazing man when I was on a while back.
Shelley
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check out www.neurosciencemyths.com. She doesn't have to be afraid of levodopa.
As a UM alum I was surprised to see Rich Rod. Are you related?
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Born 1948. Diagnosed 2011. DBS ON 7/17. Taking cd/ld 200 MG at 6 am, 9 am, 12 pm, 3 pm, 6 pm and 9 pm. Finasteride 5 mg, Life Extension Mix and Once-Daily Health Booster, Mitochondrial Energy Optimizer with BioPQQ, Optimized Curcumin (longvida), Triple Action Cruciferous Vegetable Extract with Resveratrol, Vectomega-3, Vit D3 5000U,Lithium orotate 5 mg, AMPK Activator, Kefiran, N-Acetyl-L- Cysteine (NAC), Tri-Magnesium, Advanced NeuroPro, Duozyme,
Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) Updated 9/21/17.
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