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Cala kIQ FDA-Approved Wearable for Acting Hand Tremor

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Just heard about this wrist-worn wearable, approved by FDA that recently made TIME’s list of the Best Inventions of 2023. Sounds kinda similar to Cue1. Wondering if anyone here has tried, or even heard of it (search of it here turned up 0 results).

Looks to me like it's focused exclusively on reducing acting hand tremor but if that's your PD type, then maybe there's some relief potential in this.

Link to the website: calahealth.com/

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Gymsack

I went to website an clicked on check eligibility

they asked if I had familial tremor and I said NO

asked if I had a hand tremor said YES

asked what I had and I clicked on Parkinsons

Their response < This may not be a suitable treatment for you

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LagLag37 in reply to Gymsack

Gymbag, it gave me the same response?? 🥊

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Neurosmith in reply to LagLag37

Similar results here. Seems that they're targeting essential tremor in that survey, despite their home page talking about Parkinson's.

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Boscoejean in reply to Gymsack

when I wrote them starting when it first was developed and even later they said that my husband could not get it because he has Parkinson's - we thought he had essential tremor because the tremor started a long time before the other symptoms

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Boscoejean

"In this review we provide evidence that some patients diagnosed with ET have an increased risk of developing PD years or decades after onset of action tremor. "

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl....

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1LittleWillow

My MDS gave me a pamphlet about it at my last visit (I'm tremor-dominant) but said that it wasn't approved for Parkinson's yet. I called the company and they said that if you have a PD diagnosis, insurance doesn't cover it yet. I think it was about $4000 without insurance.

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