In other words, Fox overmedicates himself when he does interviews, and tries
not to use any medications at other times.
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Mike Collis
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:21 PM
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Subject: Re: Interesting WashPost Article.
Wikipedia has an entry to add to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Fox
Fox, PD Symptoms and Treatment
Parkinson's disease is a chronic disorder. At present, there is no cure, but
medications can provide relief from the symptoms. In a National Public Radio
Fresh Air interview (April 2002), Fox states that he manages his symptoms
using Sinemet, a commercial form of Levodopa (L-dopa). L-dopa treatment
decreases in effectiveness as it is used over a long period of time, so Fox
like many PD sufferers, extends the life of its effectiveness by using it as
little as possible. When on the medication, the symptoms shown (dyskinesia)
are different than that of PD. On Fresh Air, Michael J. Fox explains how his
medication management affects his public appearences:
Terry Gross (host): The intensity of Fox's symptoms varies. . .I asked him
what he does when he gets symptomatic during an interview.
FOX: Well, actually, I've been erring on the side of caution--I think
'erring' is actually the right word--in that I've been medicating perhaps
too much, in the sense that a lot of times the symptoms that people see in
some of these interviews that have been on are actually dyskinesia, which is
a reaction to the medication. Because if I were purely symptomatic with
Parkinson's symptoms, a lot of times speaking is difficult. There's a kind
of a cluttering of speech and it's very difficult to sit still, to sit in
one place. You know, the symptoms are different, so I'd rather kind of
suffer the symptoms of dyskinesia. . .this kind of weaving and this kind of
continuous thing is much preferable, actually, than pure Parkinson's
symptoms. So that's what I generally do. . . . . .So I haven't had any, you
know, problems with pure Parkinson's symptoms in any of these interviews,
because I'll tend to just make sure that I have enough Sinemet in my system
and, in some cases, too much. But to me, it's preferable. It's not
representative of what I'm like in my everyday life. I get a lot of people
with Parkinson's coming up to me saying, 'You take too much medication.' I
say, 'Well, you sit across from Larry King and see if you want to tempt it.'
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ken barber
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 8:17 PM
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Subject: Re: Interesting WashPost Article.
he was thinking that he was off his meds on purpose
like he has admitted to doing before.
it does make for good politics because no one is
suposed to critisize a "victim." it is done all the
time.
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