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Brainsonastick t1_j255n0i wrote

Reply to comment by kruel1 in In Parkinson disease, why doesn't the adrenal gland fill the dopamine deficiency? by Actual-Pumpkin1567

Are the therapies in the works going to prevent PD, stop its advancement, or outright reverse it?

And any insight on how far away from FDA approval they are?

My father has had it for almost 20 years now so I’m trying to keep up with this stuff but it’s pretty far outside my usual field.

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A18o14 t1_j25ssv2 wrote

As far as I know: no, unfortunately not. There are a few things against the symptoms (medication and deep brain stimulation).

But the mechanism responsible for PD is still more or less unknown , so basic research is still being done. That's why (again: afaik) there is nothing revolutionary in sight at the moment.

(I wrote my MD loosly on the subject, so I have some insight)

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Effective-Return-754 t1_j28kc0v wrote

What about this new vibrating glove therapy? I guess that also only affects the symptoms, not the underlying causes, right?

https://news.yahoo.com/scientists-develop-glove-eliminates-parkinson-132644329.html

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A18o14 t1_j2dwhh7 wrote

They state it eliminates the tremor, that is just a side effect of PD so yes, it just deals with the symptoms. Funny enough most people with tremors do not have PD but jus a "Essential tremor". Bad enough but not that severe.

With PD parts of your brain are dying, so if a therapy does not deal with that it is not curing PD.

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