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Dear Anna, He used Madopar + Moverdin + Dopergine for 10 years Now he has been taking Madopar + Amantadine ( three times a day half a tablet ) "Blockley, Anna" wrote: > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn