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Hello all, My father, 77, started using Piribedil a month ago together with Comtan and Sinemet. He has had Parkinson's for 10 years. He feels better with Piribedil and it improved his movements 30 - 40 %. He takes Piribedil 75mg a day. He says it works. He didn't have much tremor when he started that but he had too much rigidity and freezing. Now his movements are smoother. He can do more things like shaving by himself. We liked the medicine but when we increased the dosage to 100 mg. a day as his doc. prescribed, it caused some hallucinations. Although the degree of them wasn't important, we decreased it to 75mg. so they are gone. He takes this medicine after the meals. That's something his doc. wanted. He doesn't have nausea or any other side affects.His situation is a little better with this. I wonder if anybody else is using it and what the dousage is. Regards Yesim [log in to unmask] wrote: > Piribedil has been used in France for quite a long time, mainly as a starter. > I think it is being prescribed less ans less nowadays. John has tried it for > his tremor with no result, not even side effects but that does not mean it is > ineffective for everyone > Maryse cg John 73,13 > > > Has anyone tried or trying piribidel? Based on a lit search, it has been > > around a while and has not been in favor because it is most effective with > > tremor and can cause nausea. A recent study shows that it is effective > > with bradykinesia in monkeys and domperidone eliminates the nausea. > > > > There seems to be a new found interest in it originating in France. A > > recent survey article calls it the best DA, but again, the article is of > > French origin. Why the renewed interest and why the French flavor? > > Thanks, Bob ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn