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Hi Camilla and Marjorie. There is much discussion about 10/100 & 25/100. I have recently been prescribed 25/250 Sinemet which seems to be out of the norm. Would appreciate discussion on 25/250 Am a little concerned it is too heavy for starters. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marjorie L. Moorefield <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 3:43 PM Subject: PD: Sinemet Dosages > Hi Camilla, > I tried that, and the shelf life for the 10/100's for me at least was about > 2.5 hours. > As I said, I'm just not going to be taking medicines every 3 hours. > That maybe the wrong attitude, but that is the way I feel. At least when > I took Levodopa alone (Laradopa) it did last about 4 hours, but by the end > of the day I was really shot, and didn't care to eat a 4 th. meal to tolerate > the Laradopa. > Carbadopa is the product which extends the life of the Levodopa and makes > it cross the brain-blood barrier faster. > Levodopa alone WILL cross the brain-blood barrier, it just takes about 3X's > more to do so. > At least this is what my ND told me. I got up to 750 mg. of Laradopa per day, > but some evenings I went to bed early because I was really too fatigued to > stay awake any longer. > > Life is too short, I'll never accomplish what I want to in this lifetime > anyway, > but sleeping to me is a waste of time. I only sleep when I can't keep my eyes > open anymore. Guess I'm afraid I'll miss something!!! > > just me, > Marjorie > > > > At 05:20 PM 06/19/2000 -0400, you wrote: > >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 > > >mailto:[log in to unmask] > > >http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~rfvetter > > > > > > > > >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 > > > > > >Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 82/70/55 > >Oxford, Ohio > > <[log in to unmask]> > > > > on PDWebring at > >http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/genugten/flinterm.htm > > > > "Ask me about the CARE list for > > Caregivers of Parkinsonians ! " > > And visit the CARE webring at > >http://www.crosswinds.net/~caregivers/index.html