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Old 12-22-2010, 05:05 AM #1
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Hello,

Has anyone had any experience with mucuna pruriens as a treatment for Diabetes?

I read an article in Muscle & Fitness magazine that drew my attention to mucuna pruiens. Subsequent research on the Web indicated possible benefits in reducing blood sugar levels.

I was looking for some testimonials regarding this before I made a purchase and began experimenting on myself.

Thank you.
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I don't know definitively about this bean... but there is a new drug out using low dose bromocriptine as a treatment for type II diabetes:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000569

Since this drug also treats PD.. its connection is intriguing.

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Parlodel® (bromocriptine mesylate) is a dopamine receptor agonist, which activates post-synaptic dopamine receptors. The dopaminergic neurons in the tuberoinfundibular process modulate the secretion of prolactin from the anterior pituitary by secreting a prolactin inhibitory factor (thought to be dopamine); in the corpus striatum the dopaminergic neurons are involved in the control of motor function. Clinically, Parlodel significantly reduces plasma levels of prolactin in patients with physiologically elevated prolactin as well as in patients with hyperprolactinemia. The inhibition of physiological lactation as well as galactorrhea in pathological hyperprolactinemic states is obtained at dose levels that do not affect secretion of other tropic hormones from the anterior pituitary. Experiments have demonstrated that bromocriptine induces longlasting stereotyped behavior in rodents and turning behavior in rats having unilateral lesions in the substantia nigra. These actions, characteristic of those produced by dopamine, are inhibited by dopamine antagonists and suggest a direct action of bromocriptine on striatal dopamine receptors.
from http://www.rxlist.com/parlodel-drug.htm
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