Re: PD and immunity from common cold

[Kathie J Creveling <kcreveling@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for this information... I appreciate it...Kathie
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From: Parkinson's Disease Foundation <pdfchgo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: PD and immunity from common cold


> One possibility for your having avoided the flu is your amantadine.
> Amantadine Hydrochloride (Symmetrel) is a drug that was NOT originally
> intended to treat PD symptoms.  The medication was brought to market
> initially for the purpose of protecting patients from certain virulent
forms
> of influenca virus.  Needless to say, some people who took amantadine to
> protect themselves against the flu also had Parkinson's disease.  Soon,
some
> of these patients told their physicians that their PD symptoms seemed to
be
> improved.  One of these physicians was Dr. Robert S. Schwab, a Boston
> neurologist who ran a quick check on a series of his own patients,
contacted
> the manufacturer of the drug which then arranged for a clinical study of
> amantadine in PD patients in a number of centers across the US.
> Presto....we had a new drug for PD.  This as back in 1969 and 1970.
>
> Jeanne Lee-Rosner
> PDF-Chicago
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kathie J Creveling <kcreveling@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 6:52 AM
> Subject: PD and immunity from common cold
>
>
> > In reading all of these cases that have by passed colds etc. I reflect
on
> > myself and see that I am working with the public and  many around me
have
> > this awful flu that is last weeks. I too have not fallen victim to this
> > (knock on wood, throw salt across the shoulder and spit against the
> > wind!)... I am on sinemet and amantadine. So, my question is: Has anyone
> > posted this question on the NPF or APDA web page? I think it may be
> > something interesting to ask. Maybe they have a simple explanation. I
know
> > that once we do get it, our lungs have difficulty, so the answer would
be
> > interesting.
> > By the way... this listserv for all of us is interesting... reminds me
of
> > having my kids living at home again... or when I was growing up in a big
> > family... lots of action, thoughts and personalities.  Viva la
difference!
> > kathie
> >