Dennis,

Have you ever tried to order the sinemet of the right dose from Europe. I used
for years sinemet 62.5, which can be split as I did. It is here available as is
SinemetCR 100/25 which can be split as well. It is weird, sinemet as such being
permitted, to get the small dosis is impossible, but I don't have a clue of the
rules in these matters,

                           Ida Kamphuis

> he problem is exacerbated here in Australia as Madopar
> is only available in capsule form, with the smallest dose
> being 50:12.5.  The smallest Sinemet tablet is 100:25.
> This can be divided in 1/2 (back to 50:12.5) but not
> quarters.
>
> In my case, a single sinemet (100:25), taken 3 hourly, fails to
> 'turn me "On"' at all, whereas 1 and1/2 sinemet 3 hourly
> (effectively 150:37.5) produces a mild right side dyskinesia
> (I recently had a right sided pallidotomy) .  I feel certain that
> were I able to put myself on 1 and 1/4 tablets, I would be
> able to reproduce at will (brave words, I know) the perfect
> "on" that even now I experience several times a week.
> Sinemet CR is only available here as 200:50.  I have found
> it impossible to work with, as I have either no "on", or an
> intolorable level of right sided dyskinesia.
>
> When I have raised this subject with neurologists, they have
> without fail assured me that 50:12.5 is a "tiny" amount, which
> should not need reducing. It seems that there is "something
> wrong with me" if I find otherwise.  Doctors are just like the
> rest of us, they prefere it if things fall into neat catagories. I
> don't blame them for this, but I make sure I remember it in all
> my dealings with them.
>
> Dennis.
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