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>very well put, i see so many people in their 60's in my support group who >are not on Levodopa and they look bad. guess they're trying to fight on >without levo. I appreciate that it is a personal choice but then again, >these people may look back and realise that a long period of their life >could have been a lot better.......why delay when u are already "old" , do >you expect to live till 115 and only start taking levodopa at the age of >100? > >i'm only 40 and been on it for 2.5 yrs... i need to be functional now that >my other faculties are still relatively in tact IMHO. > >btw, gwc - does the sinemet still work for you? > >Regards, > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "gwcmpbll" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 5:03 AM >Subject: dolphime, when to start treatment > >>Apparently there are a lot of DR's who still think that you should save >>carb/levo treatment for later, theory bring that there are just so many >>doses before the med is no longer effective. If my memory serves me well (sometimes it does not) The **American Medical Society, just last year, altered the standard Pd protocol. The new standard indicates that doctors should hold off on prescribing sinemet and to start treatment regimens with Dopamine agonists. ** I could be citing the wrong organization here, might be NIH or Neurology Association -- Steve Rack Brattleboro VT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn