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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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At least two possibilities
One is that the patent is not valid. There was a case (and it may be this very one) where a patent was issued for a botanical treatment and then revoked after a lot of people raised hell. Since a patent is for a NEW invention, the argument was that this use was several millennia old and well known and therefore should never have been granted.
The other is that one sure way to protect the existing interests and to keep mucuna in the shadows would be to patent it and then just sit on it.
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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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