Is taking a regimen of carefully tailored and timed amino acids useful in Parkinson's disease.?

In my research on Parkinson's (I have it), I came across an interesting finding - a disease called tardive dyskinesia which is caused by TOO MUCH L-dopa. Parkinson's is caused by not enough L-dopa (which is converted to dopamine in the brain-- the dopamine deficiency is the cause of the neurological symptoms).

The treatment for tardive dyskinesia is to reduce L-dopa.
The treatment for Parkinson's is to increase L-dopa.

The amino acids which convert to L-dopa are the aromatic amino acids (phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophan) . Those with tardive dyskinesia are prescribed a regimen which avoids these amino acids. Instead they take a set of amino acids known as 'branched chain amino acids' (bcaa) on an empty stomach because these bcaa's do not produce L-dopa. But, the VERY INTERESTING fact is that bcaa's and the aromatic amino acids compete for transport across the blood-brain barrier.

Would a regimen of aromatic amino acids on an empty stomach promote L-dopa synthesis?

Levodopa is an aromatic amino acid - l-dihydroxy phenylalanine. So, you are right on track. It is designated chemically as
(鈥?-L-伪-amino-尾-(3,4-dihydroxybenzene) propanoic acid.

I hope that your research is going well. Let me know if there is anything interesting that you explore or learn.

mnilsen@myparkinsonsinfo.com
http://www.myparkinsonsinfo.com

That's interesting, I am going to look into that. 6 members of my family have Parkinson's. They might have been exposed to a chemical (agent orange) when they were young in Hungary 70 years back.

I"m not sure, but my father has and my grandfather had parkinsons also. I know my dad is on meds, but i'm not sure which ones, it took 6-8 weeks before we saw any improvement, and his voice was the first to improve. It is not as raspy anymore.

L-dopa is an aromatic amino acid...give it a try