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Prior to my Pallidotomy (august 1995)my dyskinesia, on a scale of 1 to 10,was about 13 or 14 I mean they were way off the charts. I don't think they do pallidotomies and more Iwas taking 4 sinemet 25/100 and parmax and my dyskinesias were worse than the disease. At 05:12 AM 1/4/2003 +1000, you wrote: >Hi, > >I had bad dyskenesia from 4-7 pm which I traced to my comtan which I was >taking at 6 ,9 12,3.My neuro took me off comtan and added cabaser. It >stopped the dyskenesia for a while. Now II am playing with the cabser timing >as it also cause afternoon problems. I now take a cabaser 4 at 9pm and >cabaser 2 at 10.30. I am better >Have you tried Sinemet 100/25 it gives a moore direct and predictable >response > >Also try incresing the interval between dosages and also decrease the >dosage. > >Barry from down under >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Roberto Correia" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 4:55 PM >Subject: medication side effects > > >> Hello, >> >> My name is Roberto Correia. My Father has had Parkinson's for 8 years >> now. He is now 66. >> >> While the symptoms of his disease have progressed slowly it seems the >> side effects of his medication have increased quite rapidly. While >> dyskinesia (involuntary movement) is both a symptom of Parkinson's and a >> side effect of most medications we have determined that my Fathers >> dyskinesia is almost entirely related to medication side effects. >> >> Recently Comtan was added to his medication while it seems to have >> improved things like facial expression, it has made his involuntary >> movements even worse. It's getting to the point that the side effects are >as >> bad as the disease itself. >> >> He is currently taking Siminet CR, Bromocriptine, Amantadine, and >> Comtan. All of the dosages are quite low. >> >> Does anyone have any recommendations or comments about what can be >done >> to minimize the side effects of the medication? >> >> Thanks for your time, >> >> Roberto. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn