Marjorie-- But if you took 4 of the 10/100 you would get the same amount of
Levodopa, and 40 mg of Carbidopa instead of 100. Why wouldn't that be a
good idea? Peter made that switch long ago, as he takes many more Sinemets
and was getting far more carbidopa than he could utilize.
Ron wrote:
>have you tried to minimize the amount of carbidopa that you take? use
>only 10/100 tablets?
>just ron
>--
>Ron Vetter 1936, '84 PD dz
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>
>
>Hi "just Ron",
>
>I only take (4) 25/100 tablets of Sinemet daily, sometimes
>I forget to take them and only take 3. One before each meal.
>
>I refuse to set my wristwatch timer and become a slave to my PD
>by having to take medication every 2 hours, its just my own
>thing, but I couldn't,nor would I want to live that way.
>I WON'T let it conquer me!!!
>
>So, according to my ND its the total amount I take, and I take
>the least amount possible.
>I don't take anything else, no requip, no miraplex, no eldepryl,
>nada!!!
> I have found out over the years, the least amount of medication
>I take, the better off I am.
>But thanks for your suggestion, and taking the time to answer.
>
>As Ever,
>just me,
>Marjorie
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