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Sandy,
You are mixing a total of 60mg carbidopa and 600mg levodopa in one liter.

This works out to 2 tablets of 25/250mg and one tablet 10/100mg tablet.
Regards,
Jack

Ron Vetter wrote:

> you are using 6 times 100 or 600 mg. of levodopa for the liter. the
> amount of levodopa in the larger tablet is 250 mg. you need to divide
> the total - 600 - by the amount in each: 600/250 = 2 plus 100/250 or
> 2/5 of a third tablet.
>
> two fifths is a fraction less than half. using 2 and a half would be
> 625 mg. total. the 25 mg extra may hardly be noticeable.
>
> ron
>
> >Hi List Family,
> >
> >I am on Liquid Sinemet.  I mix 6 tablets of 10/100 mg sinemet in 1
> >litre of water with 1000 mg Vitamin C.  I have had the fortune of
> >being given someone else's extra sinemet no longer used.  It is
> >25/250.  What would be my mixture amount in number of pills per 1
> >litre of water?  And could someone show me the mathematical
> >breakdown?  Thanks again in advance.
> >
> >Sandy Norris 40/28/20
> >"Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see."
>
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