nicarica wrote:
Corcovado wrote:
for more than 2 years, I've been banned from Sportmens because I dared to insult some asshole, ANDY, that happened to be a friend of Bill's. Well kiss my phucking ass. You're not the only game in town.... Boyardo, suck my dick
Stop, I'm sure your lack of business is killing Bill. Nice language too by the way. Its a wonder your banned. Must really bother you since you took time after 2 years to post. To be banned from the SL you've got to be one hell of an a**hole.
Now Nicarica, go easy on him...he may not have long...
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After the first world war, an epidemic of encephalitis lethargica started in Vienna and spread across the world. Many of those who survived developed a range of postencephalitic syndromes. Oliver Sacks worked at Mount Carmel, an institution outside New York, which had 80 patients with intractable, post-encephalitic parkinsonian syndrome. It affected all aspects of behaviour and trapped patients within themselves, often for decades. For patients such as Miriam H, who developed parkinsonism at the age of 12, levodopa was a miracle drug that released her from physical immobility at the age of 49.
Levodopa had dramatically different effects between patients and within the same patient. Despite being titrated slowly, the effects of levodopa were unpredictable and random. Leonard L, when started on levodopa, returned to a happiness he “had not felt for thirty years.” Yet six weeks later he developed exaggerated sensitivity to the drug and even with tiny doses had uncontrollable side effects.
For many patients psychological, environmental, and emotional factors seemed to have a profound effect on the efficacy of levodopa. Miron V initially had an excellent response, but then became violently unstable."