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I am not a doctor and am unable to explain your consultants reasons for adding in Amantadine at such a late stage. I would suggest you talk thoroughly to both your father and his consultant to weight the benefits of continuing on Amantadine against discontinuing. Is he on 100mg once daily or twice daily? What is his PD drug history? -----Original Message----- From: yesim erman [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 22 November 2001 23:26 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Amantadine Dear Anna, He had some dyskinesia problems especially duodenum dykinesia, and in the past 2 months he fell down at home 3 times. That's why we took him to his doctor and he decided to add this drug. "Blockley, Anna" wrote: > Yes Amantadine does have side effects of hallucinations and or confusion, it > is not an uncommon side effect in the elderly or those who have had PD for > 10 years or more. > However, research has shown Amantadine may have a soft antidyskinetic effect > in high doses - why did his Dr prescribe Amantadine? for dyskinesia or > general enhanced PD control? > Anna > > -----Original Message----- > From: yesim erman [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 22 November 2001 21:37 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Amantadine > > Dear List Friends, > > I am on the list for my father. He has Parkinsn for 10 years. He used > Madopar for 10 years, and 2 weeks ago, his doc. decided to add > Amantadine to his drugs. He started taking Amantadine ( Symmetrel ) but > he started to see lots of hallucinations and his speech became slurred. > Has any of you used this drug and have you ever seen or heard such side > effects or more serious ones? We are thinking of dropping this drug. > What are your suggestions.. > Thank you. > Yesim > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and solely for > the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > [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 This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify [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