Re: Co-Q10

[ervinmccarthy <ervinmccarthy@xxxxxxxx>]

Marco, sounds like a very credible argument.  I wonder if the study is ever
been done comparing people with Parkinson's who do not take drugs versus
those that do?
ervinmccarthy@xxxxxxxx
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From: "Marco De Michiel" <marco.demichiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: Co-Q10


> Phyllis,
>
> Could you please let me know where I can get a copy of the 'Nutritional
> Healing book' and what is Co-Q10.
>
> I've never tried taking vitamins because I take Pergolide (Permax) and
they
> (vitamins) are contraindicated - maybe not all but quite a few. However,
> I've always held the belief that the part of the brain which produces
> dopamine, rather than prematurely ceasing to function and dying, is infact
> starving to death because it is not being provided with the right 'food'.
> Whatever this might be it's delivery has been blocked by something else, a
> chemical agent which, whilst always present, starts to reach excessive
> levels brought about by stress or some trauma. Every cell in the body
needs
> 'food' and produces waste (toxins). Therefore, our dopamine 'factory' may
> not only be starving it could also be being poisoned. Therefore, instead
of
> taking Levadopa to supplement the diminishing natural output (which I
think
> accelerates the final shutdown) of dopamine production, we should be
sending
> in the right 'food' (minerals, vitamins, etc.) initially in high doses to
> counter the negative chemical and once stabalised keep the supply up at a
> maintanance level.
>
> Sounds like Co-Q10 may go someway in effecting this.
>
> What do you (or any on PIEN) think about my hypothosis.
>
> Kind regards,
> Marco
>
> PS. Virtually everything in existance has three basic functions: input,
> process and output. Block the input and the process stops. Processes are
> inter-related not stand alone. Stop one process and you impact a whole
chain
> of them. I believe PWP's have common causes/triggers and therefore, if
this
> data were collated and analysed we might identify the 'killer' chemical
and
> thereby deal with the cause rather than the symptoms, which we know the
drug
> co.'s benefit heavily from. Forgive my cynisism(sp) but there's no
$dollars
> in finding a cure. We and mother Nature hold the key.
>
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