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Dear Roberto, YOU and your father need to get the FREE copies of Parkinson literature describing the diesease , side effects of drugs, history of PD , medications and their drug interactions good and bad, alturnative treatments that many that try it, and updates about what is new in research and results. This is available from the National Parkinson's Foundation. Also can be ordered online www.npf.org . Read this and continue to ask lots of questions of others as well as your Dad's physician. Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: Roberto Correia <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 11:55 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