I believe that the trend turning to natural products instead of evidence based medicine is dangerous and regressive. SAD.
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Conclusion
NP s are Natural Products.
The diverse functions of the select NPs organized in Figure 2 and reviewed herein bode well with many beliefs in the field while revealing some interesting trends. First, PD and MS share many characteristics, especially in terms of neuroinflammation and OS. It is therefore not surprising that NPs capable of ameliorating PD symptoms have similar effects on MS. In this regard, to select NPs targeting a cellular/subcelluar process of one disease, one can draw on the knowledge of NPs that had been investigated for the same process of the other. A large stockpile of NPs has been examined thus far for only PD or only MS. At least some of them can be repurposed reciprocally or even for other neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Second, among the countless NPs, special attention should be given to those that have displayed efficacy in modulating/intervening multiple cellular processes and signaling pathways, owing to the complexity of both PD and MS. Third, from Figure 2 it is apparent that even an NP possessing different functions is incapable of counteracting all the detrimental effects inherent in the many factors or processes. Thus, the combined use of multiple NPs might be needed for regulating the different pathways. Fourth, NPs have shown great promise in addressing the pathological processes for which no clinical drugs are available. Even for processes that have been dealt with by clinical drugs, NPs offer as alternatives to afford equally effective treatments without severe side effects. Finally, an increasingly accepted notion in the PD field is that inflammation is significantly manifested. In particular, increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, activation of the immune cells, and their infiltration through a more permeable BBB are hallmarks being recognized. As these processes have long been studied in the MS field, many NPs and their known functions are likely translatable to PD research and modalities. As the research continues to progress from cellular and rodent models to primates and patients, it is foreseeable that the vast pool of NPs should afford at least a few highly effective therapeutics with low or little toxicity.
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I think drifting and reliance on so called natural herbal concoctions is regressive and dangerous. Beware and skeptical. Pseudo science and alternate truths, cons and shams are becoming the norm.
Like the above they make it sound so good when in fact it's going to end badly. SAD.
We are very vulnerable because we are mentally compromised and subject to the placebo effect,
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