Riluzole is what you speak of. The intent of
the drug in a PD environment is to slow the progression. Originally the
test was conducted on folks who had little to no use of PD
drugs.
I saw a short report last evening on my local nbc
affiliate in seattle concerning a new drug that seems to or will be used to
help pd patients. I am not sure how it is spelled as the links to www.king5.com health update had not included
this yet. I wonder if any of you in the health field have seen this name
or have run across it being used to help als patients.. For some reason it
works similarily on pd as it does on lou gehrigs disease. Its name sounds like
I am spelling it RYZADOL .. I was so excited I waited all day to learn
its name on the news at 5. You know how they tantalize you with future
news? I had seen months ago another reserach project that a scientist at
the U of Washington was running.. His was using mice and it looked so
promising.. Right away I emailed the address I found on the news link to get
any and all information that I could have. I never did have an answer from
this research lab.. Maybe some of you who have more clearance can locate this
research project and find out if it has been cancelled or if it has any
validity at all now.. I believe it had to have been shown this late this past
summer .. thanks to all of you who are giving me hope for my friend..
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