Kathy, You have to be careful with levodopa. It's only good up to a certain point and then the side effects outweigh the good points. you don't want to rush through to that point any faster than you need to. I have been on the same dose more less for the last 6 years. I bought a watch from the company Cadex that has 12 alarms. That has made a really major difference in helping me to remember to take my medication on time. You can find them on the Web. The watch costs $50 and it's worth every penny. Except when I forget it and the alarms going off and driving my wife crazy. At any rate, you need to slowdown on the levadoba to prolong its' effectiveness. Scott Burnett MB Multimedia (209)478-9328 [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn