Thank you for your help. I appreciate it. M.Schild wrote: >>I am 65, diagnosed last year, just starting Sinemet. My neurologist >>tells me that Sinemet does not induce on-off symptoms or dyskinesias, >>and that those would occur with or without it as a result of the natural >>progression of PD. This issue arose in discussion of dopamine agonists >>pro's and con's and my reluctance to start down the Sinemet road without >>knowing where it would lead. She says that favorable reviews of DA's are >>due largely to promotional efforts of pharmaceutical companies. I would >>be grateful for any thoughts and insights on this. > > > > I think she is right about the agonists but on-off symptoms and dyskinesias > are a product of dopatherapy. Sinemet or agonists. > Here in France, the new guidines are not to prescribe agonists after 65-70. > maryse cg John 79,18 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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