Hi Lorraine,


        I am taking 50/200 mg of Sinemet CR with Comtan 200 mg 3 times a day
and it is hard to take it 45 min before meals, sometimes I get a little
dizzy too. I also take Artane 5 mg with food. When I start filling bad with
my Sinemet Cr I go and eat something small to eat before the big meal. Try
that or take to your Dr.



John Shoap

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>This has been discussed before,but I wasn't taking it at that time.Right
>now I'm taking 25/100 of sinement 3 times a day.
>Because of a slight balance problem I was put on requip .25 mg  3 times
>a day.this summer took them together, but I was having some nausea. My
>neuro suggested I take the requip with meals and this seemed to be the
>solution. In addition to the nausea I had some dizziness.For the last
>two weeks I've tried to take my sinement at least 45 mins. before
>meals,which  seems to be easy to do before breakfast,but not usually for
>lunch and dinner. It was suggested that I take the requip every eight
>hrs to maximize the benefit.Well that's o.k. the first thing in the
>morniing,but the middle one  and the last of the day are done at all
>times. I am a snacker and have difficulty eating a lot at meals except
>breakfast.My system seems to tolerate the requip without taking at meals
>now and I've had only one dizzy spell,which lasted just a few
>seconds.Also I'm not certain whether my gait is as good later in the day
>then it was.Well I guess my question is just what is the optimum way to
>take these two meds--together, spread out, etc?
>Perhaps Kathryan could answer this.
>
>Thanks
>
>Lorraine Jeffe
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