Article: Vic: New drug for Parkinson s sufferers

Article: New drug lifeline for Parkinson's victims
The Independent - London;  July 27, 1999 ;     550 words ... ... thousands of people with Parkinson's disease stand to benefit from a new drug which has been found ... term study of Parkinson's disease - which ... found that the new drug was 15 times less ... population. The new drug, called ropinirole ... preferred treatment for ...

Article: NEW DRUG OK'D FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE
United Press International;  October 20, 1999 ;     494 words ... ... International 10-20-1999 New drug OK'd for Parkinson's disease BETHESDA ... Administration approved a new drug Wednesday for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Entacapone ... patients have tested the new drug, which helps Parkinson's patients maintain ...

Article: FDA Approves Stalevo (TM) for Treatment of Parkinson's ...
PR Newswire;  June 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... entacapone) tablets, the first new drug for Parkinson's disease in over three years, for patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) who experience ... the most widely used agent for Parkinson's disease, plus carbidopa ...

Article: New drug found to slow Parkinson's
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 16, 1989 ;     535 words ... ... disabling symptoms of Parkinson's disease can be postponed ... significantly with a new drug treatment, a study ... they became disabled by Parkinson's and needed L-dopa ... are not sure how the new drug works. However, deprenyl ... 000 Americans have Parkinson's disease. The ...

Article: New drug for Parkinson's patients
Jerusalem Post;  June 2, 1997 ;     417 words ... ... locally-developed Parkinson's disease drug that ... used, L-Dopa. The new drug, called L-Dopa ethyl ... the early stages of Parkinson's, before the symptoms ... worse. Although the new drug doesn't halt the progression ... working on other new Parkinson's drugs based on anti ...

Article: New drug offers hope for Parkinson's ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 28, 1998 ;     652 words ... ... famous people suffering from Parkinson's disease. Those suffering from Parkinson's can be mobile and controlled ... monumental efforts. Now a new drug, Mirapex, can east those symptons. It's a myth that Parkinson's only affects the elderly ...

Article: Avigen Files Investigational New Drug Application ...
PR Newswire;  November 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... has filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the ... the treatment of advanced Parkinson's disease. Upon FDA consent ... researchers in neurology and Parkinson's disease including principal ... Sc., the Director of the Parkinson's Disease Clinic and Research ...