 |
 |
Brian.... From the moment I take a dose of my twice-a-day PD meds, it's at LEAST an hour, or more likely an hour and a half, till I get to that days "optimum results." There are some days that no matter that the stars are favorable, the moon is in the right quarter, I ate correctly, slept well (with "well" meaning coupla-three hours of uninterrupted sleep) the night before and STILL have just a plain ol "bad day." But (WHEW!) thank goodness that doesn't happen TOOO often. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, May 19, 2000 2:02 AM Subject: Re: Off/On Delay Experience >On Fri 19 May, Murray Charters wrote: >> On 18 May 2000, at 23:11, E1 Mail Server (Ruth) wrote: >> >> On 20/20 last night Michael Fox took a break to take a pill.It only took 5 minutes for >> his new pill to >> work.Why am I not able to do this, 45 minutes is average on a good day if I haven/ >> t eaten any >> protien,Would like to hear from others ,How long are you off? How many times each day >> ? >> >> Ruth (56/45/?) >> >> Hey Ruth, >> That was TV! And we don't know what kind of *pill* MJF was poppin'! >> >> Seriously, if I crush a standard Sinemet and take it with half 'n half >> 7Up and OJ I can feel the effect in about 10 minutes. >> >> All the best ...................... murray >> [log in to unmask] >> >> View the Parkinson's Awareness Links at: >> http://www.geocities.com/janet313/pienet/wwweb/index.html >> >> >Murray's Sinemet/Orange juice is the fastest that I have heard of >(I haven't tried it myself, because I am quite happy with mmy Madopar >Dispersible. These are soluble tablets , come in 100/25 and 50/12.5 >size, and take about 20 mins to feel the effect. That leaves you 2 more >options: You can Stop the clock (which I suspect MJF did) OR - and this >is serious - I do it all the time - Anticipate the need for the next >tablet, and take the next tablet just before the old one starts to fade. > You have to know precisely how long your tablet lasts. It is the only >thing which enables me to remain fully active arfte 21 years of PD >-- >Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]> (60/39/34)