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Hope?

carolineb211
Posted by carolineb211
10 Feb 2013
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www.dailymail.co.uk/health/...

Saw this on another site.Looks hopeful

Caroline

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honeycombe3
honeycombe3
10 Feb 2013
Caroline, Thanks for that. I've just read it & as you say it does look hopeful. I take the Mail but obviously missed this article so it pays to keep using this site. GDNF research sounds promising in several forms to treat PD.

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oldtyke
oldtyke
11 Feb 2013
It is still drug related control and not a cure as stated in the newspaper headline.
unfortunately with any drug there is bound to be side effects.
This treatment it appears has only been tried on a few people.
I think one has to see five years or more down the line to see the outcome.
but if it relieves certain cases all well and good.

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CJ49
CJ49
15 Feb 2013
I agree....more drugs. This may be fine for persons who have systems that do not have too many "reactions" to drugs....Unfortunately,(for me anyways), my system reacts to just about "everything" and "anything"....it's very trying and depressing at times.....Sorry to sound "unappreciative".....I guess a cure has to start with "experimentation", and I'm just a little "envious" of people with "healthy genes" at the moment......I'm happy if it helps some of my fellow PWP's.

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hanuman
hanuman
11 Feb 2013
Thanks for posting this. I don't really follow the research about new treatments as there have been so many false dawns, but it is good to be reminded that there are some things happening out there wh
ich are having positive effects. Hope is a great gift and is something we all need - having just tried apomorphine and found that it hasn't worked for me, hope is currently in short supply, so thanks again.

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PatV
PatV
11 Feb 2013
I'm still confused. Is it the loss of dopamine producing cells or dopamine receptor cells that have died off? Hopefully we learn from all these "treatments".

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Hikoi
Hikoi
16 Feb 2013
Sorry to say this is an old story, have no idea why the date on the story above.

www.guardian.co.uk/society/...

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