Hi Lorraine, I am taking 50/200 mg of Sinemet CR with Comtan 200 mg 3 times a day and it is hard to take it 45 min before meals, sometimes I get a little dizzy too. I also take Artane 5 mg with food. When I start filling bad with my Sinemet Cr I go and eat something small to eat before the big meal. Try that or take to your Dr. John Shoap >From: Lorraine Jeffe <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Requip >Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 14:42:57 -0700 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from [128.100.132.4] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailBDB83670006D40043760806484049F280; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 13:19:56 -0800 >Received: from lserv.utcc.utoronto.ca ([128.100.132.4] EHLO >lserv.utcc.utoronto.ca ident: SOCKFAULT1 [port 54962]) by >lserv.utcc.utoronto.ca with ESMTP id <25026-25581>; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 >16:17:42 -0500 >Received: from LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA by LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA >(LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 144054 for >[log in to unmask]; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 16:17:33 -0500 >Received: from mail.bott.com ([207.224.191.237] EHLO mail.dcranch.com >ident: NO-IDENT-SERVICE [port 49068]) by lserv.utcc.utoronto.ca >with ESMTP id <24659-25582>; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 16:17:26 -0500 >Received: from dcranch.com ([130.13.88.87]) by mail.dcranch.com >(Post.Office MTA v3.5.2 release 221 ID# 0-71550U1400L100S0V35) >with ESMTP id com for <[log in to unmask]>; Sun, 11 Nov >2001 14:25:27 -0700 >From [log in to unmask] Sun, 11 Nov 2001 13:21:18 -0800 >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) >X-Accept-Language: en >X-Orcpt: rfc822;[log in to unmask] >Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> > >This has been discussed before,but I wasn't taking it at that time.Right >now I'm taking 25/100 of sinement 3 times a day. >Because of a slight balance problem I was put on requip .25 mg 3 times >a day.this summer took them together, but I was having some nausea. My >neuro suggested I take the requip with meals and this seemed to be the >solution. In addition to the nausea I had some dizziness.For the last >two weeks I've tried to take my sinement at least 45 mins. before >meals,which seems to be easy to do before breakfast,but not usually for >lunch and dinner. It was suggested that I take the requip every eight >hrs to maximize the benefit.Well that's o.k. the first thing in the >morniing,but the middle one and the last of the day are done at all >times. I am a snacker and have difficulty eating a lot at meals except >breakfast.My system seems to tolerate the requip without taking at meals >now and I've had only one dizzy spell,which lasted just a few >seconds.Also I'm not certain whether my gait is as good later in the day >then it was.Well I guess my question is just what is the optimum way to >take these two meds--together, spread out, etc? >Perhaps Kathryan could answer this. > >Thanks > >Lorraine Jeffe > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn