Q: Having read in one of your books that EPA/DHA in quite high doses has significant beneficial effects on Parkinson’s patients, I'm wondering if the same might hold true for dystonia, which is likened to Parkinson’s? I have a good friend who is partially debilitated from dystonia, while an otherwise healthy middle-aged adult, and I had told him of the work with Parkinson’s patients. I know he tried a moderate or higher dose of fish oil with no result, other than significantly lowered blood pressure. He had somewhat elevated blood pressure prior. If I recall correctly, he was taking 5-10 grams/day of actual EPA/DHA.
A:I believe that increased levels of EPA and DHA would bring results, especially if coupled with very low levels of GLA as found in EicoRx. A recent study indicated that in primates given a drug known as MTPT that induces Parkinson-like tremors, high levels of EPA reduced the severity of the induced tremors. The levels used in that study would correlate to about 15 grams of EPA and DHA per day.