Promise for Treating Parkinson’s Disease

[robinson621]

directorsblog.nih.gov/2024/...

[park_bear]

Study can be found here:

science.org/doi/10.1126/sci...

This could be helpful as a better way of managing Parkinson's but it does not cure the underlying issue.

[Despe in reply to park_bear]

These new findings raise the possibility that terazosin or drugs that enhance PGK1 activity even more may fuel the brain, helping to protect essential dopamine-producing neurons to treat or even prevent Parkinson’s disease, as well as other neurodegenerative conditions where PGK1 may play a role.

We have discussed Terazosin in the past. I have a bottle still. I may have hubby try it again.

[WinnieThePoo in reply to Despe]

don't expect obvious immediate symptomatic relief. it is more a question of slowing progression. I have no way of knowing how my disease would have progressed without Doxazosine, but I'm happy to keep taking it. Don't forget that it can lower blood pressure.

[Despe in reply to WinnieThePoo]

Thank you, WTP! How are you now a days?

Yes, I am aware that it can lower blood pressure, and I am also aware it's not a disease- modifying med, but even slowing progression is more than welcome! Just emailed the link above to his urologist/surgeon and a professor at Vanderbilt, asking her if it would be OK for hubby to start taking it again. He was taking it for enlarged prostate and a possibly disease-modifying med based on older trials that we have discussed here. Hopefully, I can get more information from his surgeon at Vanderbilt.

May I ask why you are taking Doxazosine, enlarged prostate or slowing down progression or all of the above?

[WinnieThePoo in reply to Despe]

Hi Despe

I have an enlarged prostate, and a flexible GP who was prepared to switch my urologists prescription to doxazosine for the PD (possible) benefit. I've been taking it for 5 years now. Things have got a bit more difficult, would be very different without the gloves, and I am very keen for Risvo to make it to market, but...

still hoping to ski black runs if we get some snow 🙂

I hope your husband is doing well

[Despe in reply to WinnieThePoo]

". . .Risvo to make it to market, but..." Phase I trial . . .It will take a while to hit the market, Winnie.

[MarionP]

7Dynamite possibility! Two in one day, I don't know what to do! You want to keep an eye on these people, that's for sure. Food! Restoring their food! Brilliant. Worth following. What do we do in the meantime, to tread water as it were? Exercise!!! Protect, and push, those mitochondria! Maybe B1.

[Esperanto]

Mezmerric has already showed us this research here 2 months ago:

healthunlocked.com/cure-par...