This would be incredible!
My dad suffer with this from his early thirties & his brother in his seventies.
Dad had experimental (new at the time)surgery when he was in his fifties. They froze a part of his brain. You're awake when this is done, a hole is drilled, the doctors needs the patient to be able to respond. Very risky.
He had good results with the first surgery. Tremors subsided, more control over walking & speech.
A few years later they did the other side, not much change.
He still needed meds the whole time & his body would build up resistance.
He died in his early seventies, on the same day Princess Diana did.
I cried for her, dad was finally free.
BREAKTHROUGH?
Clinical Trial Suggests Parkinson’s Can Be Halted
Results suggests Type 2 diabetes drug may stop disease’s progress.
It may be possible to stop the progression of Parkinson’s disease with exenatide, a drug typically used to treat Type 2 diabetes, a new U.K. clinical trial suggests. Parkinson’s gradually damages the brain as cells that produce dopamine start dying. Currently, drugs can help manage the symptoms, but they do not prevent the progression of the disease. “This is the first clinical trial in actual patients with Parkinson’s where there has been anything like this size of effect,” said Tom Foltynie, a professor who worked on the trial. “It gives us confidence exenatide is not just masking symptoms; it’s doing something to the underlying disease. We have to be excited and encouraged, but also cautious as we need to replicate these findings.”
READ IT AT BBC NEWS
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