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David never had a negative reaction to Amantadine. The experience was generally positive: when the dyskinesia symptoms began, he'd take an Amantadine pill and the symptoms would cease within 15 minutes. The only negative was that he needed to take more of the pills as time went on. He went from one pill/day to about 2 - 3/day in about a 2-year time period. His DBS surgery has stopped all dyskinesias so that he no longer needs the Amantadine. Bev ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott E. Antes" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 3:56 PM Subject: Amantadine > Amantadine apparently has its share of side effects, like all the other > prescriptions discussed or mentioned on this list--as I'm sure many of you > know. When Laureen tried it (her first year on PD meds), it gave her > frightful hallucinations, and dreams that most of us would consider > nightmares. Very scary. Two or three neurologists have nodded their > heads > and told her that such a reaction is very common with Amantadine. Just > for > reference, if needed. Scott > >>===== Original Message From Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > <[log in to unmask]> ===== >>Alan, have you tried Amantadine, an anti-flu drug, when the dyskinesia >>symptoms start? >> >>Bev > > Scott E. Antes > Department of Anthropology > Northern Arizona University > Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5200 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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