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Can you be more specific about deteriorated? Has he developed dyskinesia and other signs of possible levodopa overdose or is the medication not working on his PD symptoms? > ---------- > From: Barbara Blake-Krebs > Reply To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:28 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Comtan - my story on why & how I dropped it* > > Ann wrote earlier in Sept.: > << > My husband has been on Comtan since the end of Aprril. He hates the taste > of > > it and has a hard time getting it down. (Not so wuth other meds). His > > condition has deteriorated since he began Comtan and we are just coming to > > the realization that it might be this med. Has anyone else had a negative > > experience with Comtan? > > > Ann Gibbons cg Joe 67/4 > >> > > I n March 2000 I was struck down suddenly and nearly died from kidney > failure > broought on by RHABDOMYOLYSIS. At the time my meds were Sinemet, > Mirapex, > the COMT Tasmar, xanax, and Elavil. In the ICU where I hung out for > about 5 > days, I was given none of them. Whe my doc asked me which agonist I > wanted, > I said Parlodel (had never tried it); which COMT, I said Comtran, We > changed other drugs as well except for the Sinemet. > > For the rest of the 5-1/2 weeks plus 2 weeks in nursing home, plus more > weeks afterward, 9 times out of 10, I ended up spitting up most of the > Comtran. inally, I went off it, and made other med changes too -- all w > original doc. In my case it was not easy to drop the COMT med -- in fact > it > was h- - - ! Yo u might want to arrange for s unflappable, soothing home > health worker to go on this particular journey, if you take it. (true in > many > cases I now think when making chabges in meds.) > __________________ > *disclaimer This story is based solely om ny personal experience and does > not appear in WPSE partly because it happened after mss was finished, > > Barbara Blake-Krebs 1984/61 [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