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In a message dated 9/16/01 6:50:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > The problem is that the patient certainly cannot stop the > Sinamet. While an antipsychotic drug helps somewhat. the psychoticsymtoms That's what we were told, too, but a few months ago my uncle was taken off Sinemet and put on Mirapex. He showed a great deal of improvement. Unfortunately, my Mother is one of the thirty percent who develop the dementia. Her neuro switched her to the generic Carbidopa-Levidopa which helped a little. We've tried several anti-hallucintory drugs, but for some reason she reacts exactly the opposite to whatever the medication is supposed to do. Right now she is taking Exelon which is an Alzheimer's medication. I haven't seen much difference, but her Dr. wants her to stay on it 'til her next visit in Nov. since it can't do any harm, so we'll see. I don't know if taking your sister off her Sinemet is possible or would do any good. I don't know if the effects are reversible. My uncle hadn't had any signs of dementia, but he had other symptoms that were helped when his meds were changed. Eleanor ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn