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Default My Experience in a Parkinson’s Clinical Trial...by JeanB
My Experience in a Parkinson’s Clinical Trial

By Jean Burns
September 4, 2007

I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in January 2003. I immediately tried to find out everything I could about the disease. I learned it is progressive and incurable. But I kept telling myself there must be something I could do to fight it. Then I stumbled across “clinical trials” as I searched the Internet.

I found a listing of clinical trials for PD and located the ones in my community. I focused on one in particular with the potential to be neuroprotective. It had shown promising results on tests on primates. It had also been shown to be safe in the initial trial on humans.

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