The Vindicator, 5/28/2013
Q. Within a week of having a reaction to a bee sting (the
skin was hot, red, swollen and blistered), the tremors in my right hand and jaw
disappeared. I’d had them for three years and had just gotten a referral to see
a neurologist.
My mother and her mother had Parkinson’s disease, so I
suspect that is where I was headed, though I hadn’t been officially diagnosed.
Have you heard of this before?
A. There may be scientific support for your response to bee
venom. We were somewhat surprised to discover research demonstrating that
bee-venom injections have benefit against Parkinson’s disease (Parkinsonism and
Related Disorders, September 2012).
The Michael J. Fox Foundation funded a study of bee-venom
therapy in a mouse model of Parkinson’s. The results were positive. French
researchers are currently recruiting subjects for a clinical trial (MIREILLE)
to assess the value of bee venom in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
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