alternate medicine

Why isnt this type of promising research followed up by those entities that claim to want prevent or cure AD? This brings me to a true story. The husband of a close friend, Mary, was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease. In the early stage, he had some hand tremor but what was most disturbing to Mary was evidence of cognitive decline. A math whiz, her husband now had difficulty with simple arithmetic. The doctor said medication was not yet indicated. He could offer nothing to help the cognitive problem. Mary asked if I knew anything that might help. I had recently seen research that showed progression of Parkinsons could be slowed a staggering 44 percent by taking 1,200 mg. of CoQ10 a day. (Normal daily dose is 50-150 mg). The Life Extension Foundation protocol for treatment of Parkinsons indicates up to 3,000 mg daily. There are no known side effects or contraindications for high doses of CoQ10. Mary started her husband on 1,200 mg a day and about two weeks later bumped up the dose up to 2,400 mg. Within a month, her husbands cognition was almost back to normal. Was it luck? Was it a miracle that would have occurred without the CoQ10, or was it the CoQ10 that produced the benefit? Will the improvement last? Shall we wait for Alzheimers advocates or the pharmaceutical industry to fund adequate trials of CoQ10? We should not hold our breath. CoQ10 is not patentable. When the traditional health care system fails us all we can do is take personal responsibility and act on our own behalf to the best of our ability.