I am only taking the sinemet. I tried comtan and equip and they had no effect. I have noticed a change in my symptoms lately. I wake up with muscle pains and stiffness. I assume this is only part of the progressive nature of the illness. David >From: Scott Burnett <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: stavelo >Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 13:13:11 -0700 > > You might remember that I wrote recently that I was switching from >levodopa and comtan as separate pills to the combined version, called >Stavelo. For the 1st couple of weeks I really liked it because the >wearing off and ramping up times were minimized. After a month of >taking the new medication I found my joints were aching when I got out >of bed and I was having a lot more dystonia. Since then I switched >back over to my old regimen for a week and I have found that I don't >have those problems anymore. > >Scott >P W P since 1999 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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