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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 That is consistent with what my Father has been experiencing. I'm not familiar with cabaser, it may not yet be available in Canada. For some reason it takes a LONG time for medications to be approved over here. > Have you tried Sinemet 100/25 it gives a moore direct and predictable > response We haven't tried that yet. He is currently taking Sinimet 25/100. My Father's neuro doesn't take to kindly to suggestion about medications so I doubt I would be able to discuss the option of switching. > Also try incresing the interval between dosages and also decrease the > dosage. We did play around a bit with this and noticed some improvement. I think we will have to observe for a bit and if things don't get better then ask (insist) that the neuro discontinue the Comtan. Thanks for the information Barry! Rob. > > 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