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In Remembrance
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,772
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In Remembrance
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,772
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Be careful with mucuna
Be cautious with mucuna, particularly if you are taking selegiline or sinemet. The former is an MAO-B inhibitor and is prone to interactions with other drugs and mucuna is a real drug.
With sinemet you can overdo things pretty easily.
Mucuna needs a lot more research. I and others found that it does, indeed, work but when it wears off it does it fast and very thoroughly. Almost scary, in fact. I carry a few capsules of it with me for a "rescue" option. If I am out and start to go off, I can open a capsule and pretty quickly turn back on long enough to get home or some other sanctuary. Other than that, I have five pounds in the freezer for emegencies and leave it alone.
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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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