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I do not know where you can get levodopa, but I have some suggestions: 1) Ask the neurologist who prescribed it. 2) Write or call Dupont or Mylan or Athena, who make the brand name and generics for products containing levodopa, if it is possible to get the levodopa alone directly from them. They might be able to give you the name of a local supplier. 3) Ask your pharmacist whether, even if it is not in stock, it may be special ordered. It seems to me, however, that the same effect should be possible by reducing the dose of Sinemet. Using levodopa alone merely decreases the amount that gets to the brain by allowing the drug to be broken down outside the brain. One reason that levodopa is not used alone is that such "peripheral" breakdown is associated with more side effects, such as dizziness and nausea. Jorge A Romero ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nina P. Brown" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 12:05 PM Subject: WHERE TO PURCHASE L--DOPA? > Does anyone know where I can get l-dopa? In an attempt to > reduce my dyskinesias, my neuro has prescribed l-dopa > without the carbidopa found in Sinemet. I have called > numerous pharmacies in Houston, but no one seems to have a > supplier who stocks it. > > Thanks, > nina > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn