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11-02-2012, 10:04 AM | #1 | ||
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Does anybody take Carnosine? I have just read that it may be helpful for PD: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18729814
Carnosine [corrected] increases efficiency of DOPA therapy of Parkinson's disease: a pilot study. Boldyrev A, Fedorova T, Stepanova M, Dobrotvorskaya I, Kozlova E, Boldanova N, Bagyeva G, Ivanova-Smolenskaya I, Illarioshkin S. Source Research Center of Neurology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia. aaboldyrev@mail.ru Erratum in Rejuvenation Res. 2008 Oct;11(5):988. Abstract The addition of the neuropeptide carnosine (beta-alanyl-L-histidine) as a food additive to the basic protocol of Parkinson's disease treatment results in significant improvement of neurological symptoms, along with increase in red blood cell Cu/Zn-SOD and decrease in blood plasma protein carbonyls and lipid hydroperoxides, with no noticeable change in platelets MAO B activity. The combination of carnosine with basic therapy may be a useful way to increase efficiency of PD treatment. |
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11-02-2012, 02:47 PM | #2 | |||
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I have taken carnosine for years, even before the PD diagnosis. I don't know what, if anything, it has contributed yet though it combats cellular senescence and glycation. Time will tell about that. I don't take prescription drugs like Sinemet (I do the Hinz protocol) so I can't say if it helps that either.
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11-02-2012, 03:27 PM | #3 | ||
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How long have you had PD symptoms? And how long have you been using the Hinz protocol? Is it working? I'm intrigued.
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11-03-2012, 01:47 PM | #4 | |||
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I've been taking it since April and despite being still in phase 1 with continued dose adjustments and tests it has made me almost normal. I was diagnosed in June 2011. If you do a search you will find previous posts on the subject by me and others.
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