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Originally Posted by Piece69
I was a participant in the Neurologix GAD round 2 study and I received the treatment not the placebo. I felt that it worked decently for me [about 30% improvement on the UPDRS motor section]. Time has eroded the benefits and I am soon to have a DBS done.
Immediately following the GAD surgery and persisting for about a week and a half after I experienced extreme relief from my Parkinson's symptoms... I later came to the conclusion it was the result of the surgery having irritated the globus pallidous [sp?]
Their double blind was easy to defeat.... I knew within the first hour of the surgery I was going to get the real thing.
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i find it interesting you could still get a DBS after that procedure.