 |
 |
Dear Irene, You are very wise to gain as much information as possible about PD and the medications used, good for you. Both these meds are very good, but have different purposes. Also, they both affect each person in quite different ways, and there is no foretelling what those ways may be for you. However, for excellent advice, let me recommend you ask Dr. Lieberman, at the National Parkinson Foundation website. He will answer e-mailed questions by follow-up e-mail, usually within 48 hours. I would give your age, age at diagnosis, all medications you currently use (including non-PD meds) and any information your neurologist has given you regarding the need to use another med. The NPF website is: http://www.parkinson.org/dhtml.htm Scroll down to " Ask Dr. Lieberman, NPF Medical Director" and just follow the instructions. My very best regards, Kathrynne Irene wrote: > > I must start a new medicine to augment > the Requip I have been on for 2 and one half years. Which is the lesser > of two evils, amantadine or sinemet? Reading about the side effects of > both, makes me want to play ostrich. Does anyone have a basis of > comparison? > irene c > BETTER TO LIGHT THAT ONE LITTLE > CANDLE111 -- Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD Medical nutrition therapy for Parkinson's disease Author: "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease" "Parkinson's disease: interview and assessment tools for nutrition professionals" "Risk for malnutrition and bone fracture in Parkinson'sdisease," J Nutr Elderly. V18:3;1999. http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/