How best to deal with Parkinsonism?

Question

Non progressive atypical parkinsonism. Hand writing has become smaller, no tremors, mainly rigidity predominant with vertigo. This has been static since last 6 months. He has been recently, that is a week back put on ROPARK that is Ropinirazole. His MRI and MRA has been reported as normal.

Answer 1

Hi Harsha

Here are some ideas on how to help the healing process.

Cause
Although the cause is unknown, an imbalance of two brain chemicals, dopamine and acetylcholine, seems to be involved. A deficiency of dopamine in the brain can be due to underlying nutritional deficiencies, cerebral vascular disease (blockage of blood vessels in brain), side effects of anti-psychotic drugs, carbon monoxide poisoning, abuse of certain designer drugs, and a rare infection (encephalitis lethargica).

Parkinson's disease has been associated with toxic buildup of heavy metals in the body, especially mercury from dental amalgams. To slow the progression of Parkinson's amalgam fillings should be replaced, followed by a detoxification program.

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Natural Cures

Note: Left untreated, over time (usually years) Parkinson's can lead to severe incapacitation. Treatment with complicated drug combinations and mobility exercises can reduce the progression and severity of the disease.

Levodopa and Sinemet are the two most commonly used drugs for treating Parkinson's disease, but Levodopa is made ineffective if taken with vitamin B6. (Sinemet does not have this problem.) Using vitamin B6 alone can be just as effective in some individuals in the initial stages of the disease. Levodopa should also be taken away from protein meals, which decrease its effectiveness.

Diet: Eat an organic, whole foods diet with raw foods (50% to 75%), emphasizing dark green leafy vegetables, rutabagas, sprouts, sesame seeds, and sesame butter. Also drink plenty of pure, filtered water.

People using the drug levodopa should avoid or minimize their intake of foods that are rich in vitamin B6--whole grains, oats, raw nuts (especially peanuts), bananas, potatoes, liver, and fish.

Herbs: Passionflower can enhance the positive effects of the drug L-dopa (levodopa), producing a greater reduction in tremor. The Ayurvedic herb Mucuna pruriens, a natural form of levadopa, can also be helpful.

Nutritional Supplementation: Assessment of individual amino acids is important. Consult an orthomolecular doctor. Other useful nutrients include GABA, calcium, and magnesium, vitamin B complex (taken away from Levodopa), lecithin vitamin C, vitamin E, evening primrose oil, multivitamin/mineral complex, and DHEA (a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal glands). The coenzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) (25-50 mg per) day administered intravenously has also been shown to produce a beneficial effect in patients with Parkinson's. Selenium is also recommended for its ability to detoxify mercury poisoning.

Alternative Professional Care
If your symptoms persist despite the above measures, seek the help of a qualified health professional. The following professional care therapies have all been shown to be useful for treating Parkinson's Disease: Cell Therapy (Stem Cell Therapy), Chelation Therapy (extremely important for detoxifying from heavy metal poisoning), Craniosacral Therapy, Detoxification Therapy, Holistic Dentistry, Light Therapy, Magnetic Field Therapy, Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy, Naturopathic Medicine, Orthomolecular Therapy, and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Best of health to you.
Cheers

Answer 2

Parkinsons is a progressive degenerating disease.....there is no cure for it but it can be controlled with drugs and constant doctors supervision......it may not be progressing right now but it likely will in the future..basically in parkinsons the chemicals in the brain are messed up and dont send the right stuff at the right time.....depression, vertigo, tremors, and stiffness are typical with parkinsons.....Its best to stay in touch with your doctor and monitor symptoms and if any new symptoms arise then contact your doctor...the longer he can keep doing everyday activities the better....keeping the mind and body active will help slow the progression of the parkinsons....good luck

Answer 3

The answer given by Alt.Doc. is very fine with practical suggestions. This disease is a slowly progressive degenerative characterized by slowness of movement, muscular rigidity, resting tremor and postural instability.
The primary form has an onset in the sixth decade generally with a pill rolling tremor, bradykinesia, festinant gair, muscular rigidity and mask-like facies. Micrographia is characteristic. The onset is asymmetrical.
The MAO-B inhibitor 'deprenyl' (selegeline) may slow disease progression. Levodopa with carbidopa provides substantial clinical benefit; dopa-related dyskinesias become evident after 2-5 years and the clinical response to levodopa diminishes. Adjunctive therapies include anticholinergic agents, amantadine and bromocriptine. Surgical implantation of fetal nigrostriate tissue or the patient's own adrenal medullary tissue are investigational modalities.
As this is a nervous degenerative disorder, this has to be treated with different therapies if possible. In my experience, ayurvedic and homoeopathic remedies along with a little physiotherapic treatment have given better results. These have to be administered according to the physiological and psychological needs of the patient.

Answer 4

I think you are referring to Parkinson Decease.

So Google this word with proper spelling and see what shows up.

He is taking some medication, that is good and he has seen a doctor.

Actually this decease gets worst. From your writing, looks like he has stabilised and is not getting worst, which is very good..

Answer 5

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