Thread: Beans, Roots, and Leaves: History of PD Treatments
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Old 12-12-2008, 03:50 PM
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Default Beans, Roots, and Leaves: History of PD Treatments
http://www.opus-bayern.de/uni-wuerzb...opus=122&la=de

This is a HUGE book on the history of PD and it is easy to read and it is free. Among the things you will find:
There have been a lot of other treatments before L-dopa and some seem to have worked as well.
Symptoms have changed considerably over the last 200 years.
Salvation has been just around the corner for an uncomfortably long time.
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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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