Focus Needed... Pain & PD - Brain on Fire!

[Brightline <brightline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Wendy & Others:
    You can recollect our correspondence injiiaated by Wendy on inflammation
andPD and the following emakls from me on the causative role of inflammation
and nflammaory cytokines in the aggravation of PD symptoms and how and why I
use Ccelebrex to controlmy pain.  i also  wrote that Celebrex seems to
control my postural instability to, which was an unexpected bonus.
    I urge you all to read about the role of inflmmation as a causative
agent of several old-age chronic diseases including, arthrties, heart
diseases, Alzheimers, cancer and other neurological diseases (they don't
mention PD by name; but I know it works for me!) in March 22, 2004 issue of
Time magazine.
    Role of inflammation in PD has been known for quite some time.  However,
the role of Cox2 enzyme in PD, and the role of celebrex in inhibiting PD
symptoms are relatively new.
    Next time you see your doctor, you should ask about it. Don't do
anything without talking to your doctor.
    Best wishes.
    Raj
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brightline" <brightline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Parkinson's Information Exchange Network"
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Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: Focus Needed... Pain & PD


> My experience was slightly different.
> I was diagnozed with hypothyroidism and started taking synthroid.  This
> eliminated my fatigue for a while.  But, my pain took over my attention.
> After a few years I was diagnozed with PD. As a hindsight, I now strongly
> believe that if I had controlled my pain early enough, I would have slowed
> the prgression of PD.
> Raj
> *********
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wendy Siegel" <wenwolf@xxxxxxx>
> To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 2:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Focus Needed... Pain & PD
>
>
> > I see some commonalities between your wife's experience and my
> > husband's, things that may or may not be coincidence.
> >
> > You wrote:
> >
> > "Does anyone else have any information that draws any correlation
> > between
> > inflammation, autoimmune disorders and PD?  ...  The first is
> > where the Thyroid is attacked by the autoimmune system eventually
> > causing it
> > to underperform."
> >
> > My husband has recently developed a goiter. That was what eventually led
> > me to diagnose his PD. After researching it and other symptoms on the
> > web, I got the diagnoses down to hyperthyroidism or PD. The thyroid
> > doctor said all was normal, that's when I knew it was PD. He said they
> > don't know the cause of the goiter. Rich still has it, some days it is
> > larger than other days. So far, we can't determine what affects it.
> >
> >
> > You wrote:
> > "A great side effect during the course of treatment was an almost
> > total elimination of her asthma symptoms (reduction of inflammation in
> > lungs).  Since we have stopped the steroids it seems she is now
> > experiencing
> > more pain."
> >
> > Rich had asthma as a child, and has in the past used steroids. He hasn't
> > had problems with asthma in years though.
> >
> > Wendy
> >
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