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I have PD & have read it helps with
Fatigue stress immune system. I am
Not one to take many extras...but have
Just gotten so tired...🌻


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Shel64, this product is not FDA approved. I would recommend you check WEBMD to read about ashwagandha. This herb is not recommended for long term use. Before you try anything you see on TV ads or read in a review, consult with your doctor first.
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Freqflyer is absolutely correct. If you are taking any other prescribed medications you must pass this supplement before your PD physician. All supplements are also chemicals and must therefore be cleared for negative interaction with anything you are already taking. Blessings!
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There are so many different supplements, etc. I think overall they offer false hope and are not cheap. When ordering you are placed on a subscription, many times, and they send to you and bill your credit card on a regular basis.

Have you seen the ads for Miracle Water? I just have to laugh, roll my eyes and shake my head. Wonder how much of this water they have actually sold. It is hard to believe that there would be any takers.
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Shel64 Sep 2019
Oh yes I LOL at those ads... I don't want to order have a new pharmacist that interested in helping if FDA approved. So I'm just doing some research now...that doesn't hurt or cost 🌻
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Thank you all today...yes I will be consulting my PD Physician. Just wanted some More information to look at & take to next appointment. Just getting tired of side effects of Meds...I'm having to
let my Husband do more for Me... I
AM Not ready for that 😔😥😶
He has been through a Great deal with me, but my PD diagnosis
that has been a hard one...He doesn't know how to fix me ❤
Thank you for just listening 🌻
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Healthline is a fairly reputable website and they have an article about proven benefits of ashwagandha,

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/12-proven-ashwagandha-benefits

it may be worth trying if you feel one of the conditions in the article apply to you. That said, always check with your doctor or even better your pharmacist, who is an expert on all things related to medications. And buying something from any good drugstore is probably just as effective as any other source.
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Geaton777 Sep 2019
Respectfully, "proven" is a loaded word. There is FDA proven, which is an incredibly rigorous, scientific process. Then there is everything else "proven", which could mean the company that sells the supplement did their own testing (not objective and not scientific). Also "drugstore", if you mean like CVS or Walgreens, does not vouch for the safety or efficacy of any of the products sold in their stores. If it's their own label, they are just buying someone else's product and putting their label on it -- they have nothing really to do with the product except that. I've worked in med-tech industry for over 30 years. If you tested what was in any random, given supplement off the shelf of any store very few would 100% contain what the label says because they do not have to prove the contents because it is considered a food. I recently saw a news report that said a study showed that some of the supplements tested and 0% of what was advertised on its label. If these are plant products from other countries, they are often not processed in any clean or sanitary conditions (think about the drying of tea leaves laid out in the open where the sun dries it but also the birds poop on it and the bugs nest in it -- ew). FYI I actually knew 1 person who died of a contaminated batch of L-tryptophan and another friend had permanent vascular damage in his legs due to the same batch of contaminated supplement. Also, the newer a supplement, the less is actually known about its effects. No one is actively collecting data on people who use that product, so you'd never know if it was creating adverse problems. Whereas with prescription meds, the doctors and pharmacists and the makers all collect that data and act upon it. I apologize for belaboring this point in other posts, but people spend so much of their hard-earned money on supplements and very few have been scientifically "proven" to do much of anything beneficial. Most of the time you are peeing it all out, as with non-oil based vitamins. "Caviat emptor" (buyer, beware!) Again, respectfully.
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