Thread: Recruitment Begins for STEADY-PD Phase III Trial of Isradipine
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Old 11-01-2014, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by zanpar321 View Post
Magnesium is also a very inexpensive calcium channel blocker and will cause loose stools too when you take too much!
Unfortunately, magnesium would not help as a calcium channel blocker for PD. There are many different calcium channels. The channels linked to PD are L-type. Mg is primarily a N-type Ca channel blocker and only has minimal L-type activity. Isradipine is primarily a L-type blocker, and the reason why it was chosen for PD research.
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