This is awesome to hear....BUT.

We were on the nicotine patch for several years, starting with 14mg. It did really help with symptoms, yes, but we still progressed. What we found was that it started to wear off after awhile, we assumed we were building up a tolerance and needed more and more? Or burning out neurons? Don't know.

It did seem to make the "offs" much harder. But we are going to begin it again.

Search this forum as I have posted several times about the nicotine patch in the past.

Here's an idea: if this really works...I bet the tobacco companies would be more than willing to fund a trial/test. This would more than offset all the bad publicity they have gotten in the past from cigarettes IMHO, after all, you voluntarily decide whether or not you are going to smoke, at least in the beginning, but no one signs up for PD. If it really does work, this could help so many people and their families. Anyone know any bigwigs in the tobacco industry?

It would help to know more details about the protocol, such as how you do the patch with the levodopa, etc.

Seems like I remember MJF still smokes to this day, yes?