I hate to rain on the media parade about this, but we began taking azilect as soon as it became available here in the US. We have not only progressed, but have progressed much faster than expected. We have taken Azilect faithfully, daily, for years now.

We continue to be amazed at how liberal our press is in making statements like the ones plastered all over the internet about this med. Some articles don't even hedge things, they come right out and say Azilect IS neuroprotective and slows progression-ha! And these oh-so-favorable press releases only run the stock price of the manufacturer higher and higher...

Our neuro was skeptical when Azilect came out because the exact same thing happened when Mirapex came out. It was heralded as "the" thing, disease-modifying...alas, ten plus years later, they had to admit it had no such effect. But in the meantime, a lot of folks made a lot of money off their stock in the company. Hate to be cynical, just have first-hand experience with this med, from the get-go.