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View Poll Results: POLL: Do You smoke or use Tobacco? | ||||||
Yes I smoke or use tobacco | 3 | 12.50% | ||||
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No I don't smoke or use Tobacco | 21 | 87.50% | ||||
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02-12-2015, 03:38 PM | #1 | ||
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Okay lets unofficially see how many here smoke or use any kind of tobacco on a regular basis. Nicotine has shown again and again to be NEUROPROTECTIVE.
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"Thanks for this!" says: | johnt (02-12-2015) |
02-12-2015, 08:39 PM | #2 | ||
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02-12-2015, 09:04 PM | #3 | ||
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I smoked briefly when I was young and for 10 years worked in the office with three women who were chain smoking (2 -3 pack a day). One of them died of lung cancer when she was only in her forties.
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02-12-2015, 10:24 PM | #4 | ||
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"Thanks for this!" says: | badboy99 (02-13-2015) |
02-12-2015, 10:54 PM | #5 | ||
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Never smoked. Smoking killed both my parents.
It will be interesting to see the risk profile of various tobacco based formulations. Are there any circumstances in which the benefits of smoking (e.g. a likely reduced risk of PD) outweigh the dangers? I suspect not. But hopefully patches, etc., offer the best of both worlds. John
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Born 1955. Diagnosed PD 2005. Meds 2010-Nov 2016: Stalevo(75 mg) x 4, ropinirole xl 16 mg, rasagiline 1 mg Current meds: Stalevo(75 mg) x 5, ropinirole xl 8 mg, rasagiline 1 mg |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | badboy99 (02-13-2015) |
02-12-2015, 11:41 PM | #6 | ||
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Never, not even in youth.
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02-13-2015, 12:04 AM | #7 | ||
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My mother let me take a "puff" of her friend's cigarette when I was 6. I almost choked to death. Never again.
My father in law smoked most of his life and lived with a smoker. His brother had PD. My father in law got ET in his late 80's. I think his smoking protected him. He did die of heart disease at 91. |
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02-13-2015, 09:50 AM | #8 | ||
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"Thanks for this!" says: | anagirl (02-13-2015) |
02-13-2015, 04:37 PM | #9 | |||
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Never have. Never will.
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Born 1948. Diagnosed 2011. DBS ON 7/17. Taking cd/ld 200 MG at 6 am, 9 am, 12 pm, 3 pm, 6 pm and 9 pm. Finasteride 5 mg, Life Extension Mix and Once-Daily Health Booster, Mitochondrial Energy Optimizer with BioPQQ, Optimized Curcumin (longvida), Triple Action Cruciferous Vegetable Extract with Resveratrol, Vectomega-3, Vit D3 5000U,Lithium orotate 5 mg, AMPK Activator, Kefiran, N-Acetyl-L- Cysteine (NAC), Tri-Magnesium, Advanced NeuroPro, Duozyme, Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) Updated 9/21/17. |
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02-14-2015, 02:16 AM | #10 | ||
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I had smoked for about 15 years and quited at mid 30's. I am 56 and was diagnosed with PD 3.5 years ago.
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