Nick,
I'm taking 50/200 mg Carbidopa/Levodopa ER (generic Sinemet) with
200 mg Comtan four times a day. If I have protein during the day, it
tends to shorten the "up" time of the dose I'm on or delays the ramping up
of the next dose I take. I have noticed that I have the most trouble
when I choose my protein from the top of the food chain (beef, etc.)and
less when I'm using vegetable protein like rice and beans. A PD dietician
who contributes to this dialogue recommends half a gram of protein for
every pound of body weight per day.
In your note, you mentioned 2 1/2 Sinemet. Does the 2 1/2 represent
the number of pills or the size of each?
All the best to you both, Geo.
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Is this unusual?
My wife took 2 1/2 sinemet cr and 1 comtan at 11am. At 12:30pm she ate
some fish and shrimp, rice and salad. At 3pm she took another 2 1/2
sinemet cr and 1 comtan. It never kicked in. I had her take another
sinemet/comtan dose at 6pm. It didn't kick in by 7:10pm, so she took one
more sinemet cr. It finally kicked in at 7:40pm.
Any idea why it didn't kick in 2 times?
Nick
caregiver for Oanh, 14 yrs pd
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