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Bill, I don't post very often, but read the posts when I can. I was diagnosed with PD in l998. I think I was very fortunate to have an observant neuron-surgeon who saw it very, very early. He prescribed Amantadine and Parlodel. I took those meds for almost 5 yrs and they kept everything under control until about 3 yrs ago when I stopped taking those two and started a low dose of Sinemet. A yr later they added Requip. I've always heard Amantadine is typically used as an anti-viral medication. Somewhere along the way a connection was made with PD. I had no side effects from it. The Parlodel was much harder to adjust to. It caused extreme nausea and some mild hallucinations (nothing frightening and I always knew they weren't real). Over time those side effects went away. I am curious if you have tried other meds to supplement the Sinemet. It does seem unusual to add Amantadine after Sinemet. Best of luck to you. Claudia -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kelly G Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 12:14 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [Norton AntiSpam] AMANTIDINE? Bill, Not familiar with this drug to give you any input. Sorry I could not help you more. Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "William P. Taggart" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 8:02 AM Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] AMANTIDINE? > AMANTADINE? > > My neuro is proposing that I add Amantadine to my meds... (I'm > primarily on Sinemet.). > > I'd like to hear any input you'd care to share... > > Many thanks. Bill > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn