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11-01-2006, 09:17 AM | #21 | ||
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Yes, ZF, I've tried mucuna w/out carbidopa and it does work - sometimes - mainly when I've not eaten. The carbidopa (lodosyn) makes it more reliable.
Here's a breakdown of known mucuna components......... According to Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases at phytochemical Database, USDA-ARS-NGRL, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland (htt, o : llwww. rain-tree. comldblMucuna-pruriens- phytochem. htm) Mucuna pruriens contains many diverse Phytochemicals like 1- methyl-3-carboxy-6, 7-dihydroxy-1,2, 3, 4-tetrahydroisoquinolone, 5- hydroxytryptamine, 5-methoxy-n, n-dimethyltryptamine-n-oxide, 5-oxyindole-3- alkylamine, 6-methoxyharman, Alanine, Arachidic-acid, Arginine, Aspartic-acid, Behenic-acid, Beta-carboline, Beta-sitosterol, Bufotenine, Choline, Cis-12,13- epoxyoctadec-trans-9-cis-acid, Cis-12, 13-epoxyoctadec-trans-9-enoic-acid, Cystine, DOPA, Gallic-acid, Glutamic-acid, Glutathione, Glycine, Histidine, L-DOPA, Lecithin, Leucine, Linoleic-acid, Mucunadine, Mucunain, Mucunine, Myristic-acid, N, n- dimethyltryptamine, N, n-dimethyltryptamine-n-oxide, Nicotine, Oleic-acid, Palmitic- acid, Palmitoleic-acid, Phenyalanine, Phosphorus, Prolin, Protein, Prurienidine, Prurienine, Saponins, Serine, Serotonin, Stearic-acid, Threonine, Tryptamine, Tyrosine, Valine, Vernolic-acid. Therefore, Mucuna pruriens finds traditionally use in a number of diseases and is commonly used as carminative, hypotensive & hypoglycemic agent. Moreover it is also used as anodyne, antidotal, aphrodisiac, diuretic, nervine, solvent, rubefacient, and vermifuge; used for anasarca, asthma, cancer, cholera, cough, diarrhea, dogbite, dropsy, dysuria, insanity, mumps, pleuritis, ringworm, snakebite, sores, syphilis, tumors, and worms. From phytochemistry point of view, the drug contains dimethyltryptamine alkaloid and related alkaloid, lecithin and tannins as well as L-DOPA, a precursor of the neural transmitter dopamine. All these compounds are known to exist in the seeds of Mucuna pruriens. Therefore, plants like Mucuna pruriens provide a natural source for drugs for Parkinson's .... a real cocktail, eh? |
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11-05-2006, 11:26 PM | #22 | |||
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ABCOP
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11-06-2006, 05:12 AM | #23 | |||
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Sinemet 25/100 5 times a day
SinemetCR 50/200 2 times a day Last edited by GregD; 11-06-2006 at 05:14 AM. Reason: big fingers |
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11-06-2006, 07:50 AM | #24 | |||
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TEVA carbidopa/levadopa 25/100
1/2 pill three times daily birte |
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01-26-2011, 01:59 PM | #25 | |||
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Born in 1953, 1st symptoms and misdiagnosed as essential tremor in 1992. Dx with PD in 2000. Currently (2011) taking 200/50 Sinemet CR 8 times a day + 10/100 Sinemet 3 times a day. Functional 90% of waking day but fragile. Failure at exercise but still trying. Constantly experimenting. Beta blocker and ACE inhibitor at present. Currently (01/2013) taking ldopa/carbadopa 200/50 CR six times a day + 10/100 form 3 times daily. Functional 90% of day. Update 04/2013: L/C 200/50 8x; Beta Blocker; ACE Inhib; Ginger; Turmeric; Creatine; Magnesium; Potassium. Doing well. |
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