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At 09:28 PM 7/30/2001 -0400, you wrote: I had the problem each morning during my shower. I haven't had it since my Pallidotomy six years ago. i won't bore you witha list of problems i do have now. Dave Moreland >Ivan, >I have the same problem. Dystonia caused by low levels of sinemet. I get >dystonia in both feet nearly every morning. The apomorphine I am on >prevents it if I give myself an injection immediately upon waking up. > >Greg >48/35/35 >----- Original Message ----- >From: Ivan M Suzman <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 7:20 PM >Subject: Re: Sinement question > > >> HI Ervin, >> >> To the contrary, in me, toe curls and twisting, dystonic >> feet are signs of very low levels of circulating >> dopamine, and taking a tablet of either Sinemet , >> or generic (Teva brand) carbidopa/L-dopa >> RELIEVES these problems! >> >> I believe this to be the usual experience for many PWP's. >> Are there PWP's on PIEN who can confirm this? >> >> Toe curls and dystonic, twisted feet are the signs, in me, of >> the underying PD, of the disease itself, unmasked. >> >> Ivan Suzman >> 51-39-36 >> >> :-) >> >> On Sun, 29 Jul 2001 13:50:14 -0400 ervinmccarthy <[log in to unmask]> >> writes: >> > Upon starting Sinement on three separate occasions I've found that on >> > each >> > occasion my right foot cramped and twisted. Upon stopping Sinement >> > the >> > cramping stopped the next day. I believe the testing verified that >> > it was >> > the drug. Has anyone else had any experience with this. Thank you >> > for >> > [log in to unmask] >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >> > mailto:[log in to unmask] >> > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >mailto:[log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > Yours and His David L Moreland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn