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Old 06-26-2012, 06:55 AM
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Default time span and efficacy

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Originally Posted by highland23 View Post
I don't remember that part but if the news I share can be helpful to others so be it! My family ask me all the time how I am doing. Should I not share the information with them? Can I stop them from telling other people? More importantly this is a trial and nobody knows what medication if any they may getting I could very well be on the placebo. I wont know until next year (hopefully!) That being said I could be getting the drug and it just doesn't work. I'll know soon enough.
There is no confidentiality clause.

Considering that PD supposedly exists for years before becoming noticeable, I would realistically expect Cogane to take months for any benefits to become truly apparent.
It is not supposed to 'mask' symptoms as with existing meds, but to slow, halt or maybe even reverse the progression, this being so much harder to see or measure.
Peter
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