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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