Hi, Hilary, I tried exactly what you are doing, but think I must need bigger dose of Sinemet to help stiffness - I still got painful toe flexing on very little dose and very mild help with stiffness. thanks for your input. I seem to be getting worse daily. Rayilyn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn