diabetic drugs for parkinson's

[robinson621]

Has anyone tried diabetic drugs for parkinson's, I hear it may help, here is supporting video

youtube.com/watch?v=36Fe1bv...(Not working as expected?)

[kevowpd]

healthunlocked.com/search/p...

A very small number of members/former members have used exenatide.

Its probably impossible to know if it is helping or not at the individual level.

[Buckholt in reply to kevowpd]

My feeling is that if you need a calculator and some statistical analysis to work out whether a drug is working, then it isn’t the one. I think most of us are hoping for that breakthrough drug that just so obviously improves symptoms

[Patrickk]

Bydureon (a.k.a., Exenatide), a repurposed Type 2 Diabetes drug is now in third-stage trials in UK for stopping Parkinson’s in its tracks — results expected 2024. Testing — mice, open label, double blind — has been going on since 2010 and it has been positive every time.

scienceofparkinsons.com/201...

According to a very sensitive test, Homeostasis Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR), 2/3 of Parkinson’s patients are supposed to be insulin resistant. IR may be treated with Bydureon (Exanatide). Just an angle that might get us one step closer to getting Bydureon.

cureparkinsons.org.uk/news/...

South Korean researchers have learned how to dial our cells back to stem cell stage -- and are now administering monkey stem cells to parts of their brains that are short on dopamine producing cells -- with the hope they will fill in and take over the job.

Started this before with stem cells from other monkeys and had some success I think until local immune systems attacked foreign cells.

So there is even realistic hope for a cure.

[Stoxy]

My husband is on the exanatide trial. I’m hoping he is on the placebo as he has has had no benefits from it after a year.