Re: Sinemet causes neuro damage

[Carole Hercun <grinchcsh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Barb: Just off the top of my head...doesn't the mere
fact that we have PD mean we ALREADY have physical changes
to our brain?
             Carole

--- Barb_MSN <Barb_MSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Greg...
>
> Over the 25 years I've had PD, I've heard various MDs
> state that
> going off Sinemet can be "bad," due to the drug causing
> physical
> changes in the brain.
>
> Despite my asking just what "BAD" means in my case, no
> one doctor
> would ever satisfactorily (to me) define just what they
> mean by
> "bad."
>
> Kinda makes ya wonder, doesn't it?
>
> Barb Mallut
> barb_msn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg and/or Diane Sterling <sterling@xxxxxxxx>
> To: PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sunday, June 18, 2000 10:50 AM
> Subject: Sinemet causes neuro damage
>
>
> I just read Dr. Gott's medical advice column in the
> Sunday paper.
> His topic this week is Restless Leg Syndrome.  He states
> that it
> may  be related to PD which I have heard before.  The
> following
> statement he made shocked me and I was wondering if
> anyone on the
> List had information supporting this, or is Dr. Gott
> misinformed.
> The statement is that "Sinemet is a cause of permanent
> neurological damage".
>
> Greg
> 47/35/35


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