Rayilyn, Have you tried combining regular Sinemet with SInemetCR in every dose ? That may extend each dose's effectiveness over a greater length of time, and it may also improve the penetration of the L-dopa into your system to get rid of the painful stiffness. . Ivan 53/39/35 On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 23:24:38 EST Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> writes: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn