Originally Posted by jeanb

I took my mom to an appointment with her cardiologist today. I mentioned calcium channel blockers/Isradipine & PD to him. He hadn’t heard about the PD connection – and I hadn’t expected that, BUT he did tell me that calcium channel blockers are very safe medicines. And he wished me good luck.

ALSO – I truly believe this is working for me. Here is why:

1. I have 95% less neuropathic pain (only an occasional ‘zinger’ to my foot)
2. I now have the use of my bad hand (left) for typing – nearly every day now for part of the day – as opposed to having only the use of 1 finger while typing. The past few days I have been using all of my fingers on that hand while typing. Not all the time, but during some part of the day. And that hasn't happened for a very long time.
3. My neurologist says she thinks I am better than I was last time she saw me
4. The friend I walk with thinks I walk better now

(And if this is the placebo effect, I don't care , I just want it to keep on working!)

Good luck to all!