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In Remembrance
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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In Remembrance
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,772
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Iron and Vit E?
Almost 15 years come and gone. Know anyone who tried "ferriascorbate"?
1. Gerontology. 1987;33(3-4):168-71.
Dopamine action and disorders of neurotransmitter balance.
Birkmayer W, Birkmayer JD.
Evangelic Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
Disorders of neurotransmitter balance are observed in Parkinson's disease,
pharmacotoxic psychosis and depression. The dopamine-serotonin ratio is reduced
to about 20% in Parkinson and pharmacotoxic patients in the caudate nucleus and
in the substantia nigra. The serotonin content in these brain areas is lowered
only to about 50% in comparison to that of the control, whereas the dopamine
level is reduced to 85% in Parkinson patients. This dopamine deficiency has been
substituted by exogenous supply of L-dopa in combination with decarboxylase and
monoaminooxydase inhibitors. First evidence is presented that L-dopa can be
replaced, at least partially, by iron in form of a ferriascorbate complex. This
iron compound improves the symptoms of Parkinson's disease to almost the same
extent as L-dopa.
PMID: 3653699 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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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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