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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 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