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Don Thought I understood in reading Dr. Lieberman's site that Sinemet could not come in patch form. But if it does, I couldn't think of anything better for the moment. I'm doing the trial study with the Rotigotine Patch, but that keeps me up a couple of extra hours in the night. However it's better than Comtan or Mirapex for me. Would you mind if I ask how long you've been diag and quantity of Sinemet daily. I feel my Sinemet dose is too high. It's double what it was before I went off of most drugs in preparation for the trial study. Currently I take 20-22 tab (reg 25/100). In the past the Sinemet CR made my dystonia more painful. My neurologist, who is quite qualified, isn't worried about it much. Thanks for anything you can share. Niwana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Diswinka" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 7:53 PM Subject: Re: Night-time rigidity > Riverwater > > I use an alarm which wakes me at 12 midnite, 4 am, 8am to take regular > doses of sinemet and comtan. > Therefore my body gets equal dosage 24 hours a day every four hours. I > would guess a lot of us wake up in pain to turn over cause the body for > whatever reason refuses to turn itself over. The continuos medication > regime I am on does not turn me over when I should but allows the pain > to wake me and keeps me mobile enough that I still can turn over > myself. This also makes me mobile with minimal rigidity when I get up. > The Sinemet Patch is coming very soon I was told! Yes it would be nice > to go to bed before midnite and sleep till 8 am just once in a while. > > Don > 54/5 PD+ MSA > > On Thursday, March 6, 2003, at 10:29 AM, Riverwater wrote: > > > Does anybody know a way to get Sinemet into me > > continuously throughout the night? (A PATCH????) > > > > I've had PD for almost 14 years (51 years old now) and > > I've had to get a live-in because I awake in the night > > totally unable to roll over or move in bed. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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