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Hello Iam a parkinsons patient for the last 12years Iam 70 years old Ithink the medication is a bit too much for him you should see a neurologist specialsed in parkinsons Mirtaz is a good tablet for depression Iam surprised that you dont have a support group in calcutta does he have muscle rigidty or tremors we have very good doctors in Mumbai at the Bombay hospital and the HindujaI sugest you take a another opnion Ronald > Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:33:12 +0530> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: I am new to this forum> To: [log in to unmask]> > Hullo,> > I have just joined this group. I found it by googling for support for> Parkinson's patients and caregivers since the city in which we live,> Calcutta, India, has no support groups.> > My husband was diagnosed with PD in August 2001, though I think he probably> had it for about 18 months before that. Now his doctor says he is in the> third stage of the illness. Apart from his motor problems, what has been> quite distressing of late is the psychosis that is bedevilling him -> hallucinations, delusions and confusion. He is on> > - Syndopa 275 (levodopa 250 mg+carbidopa IP 25 mg), 3 tablets a day> - Pramipex 1 (pramipexole dihydrochloride monohydrate 1 mg), 3 tablets> a day> - Qutan 50 (quetiapine fumarate equivalent to quetiapine 50 mg), 2> tablets a day> - Mirtaz 7.5 (mirtazapine), 1 tablet a day> - Modalert 200, 1 tablet a day> > I cannot help feeling that he is on too much medication. The Syndopa dosage> has remained unchanged since the middle of 2006. The strength of Pramipex> was increased from 0.75mg to 1 mg at the end of December. Subsequently the> doctor added Mirtaz 7.5 and increased Qutan from 75 mg to 100 mg at the end> of January. Hallucinations first made their appearance about a year ago and> the dreams have become even more vivid and real. He had the first, quite> disturbing, episode of confusion (about whether our house is an office in> another city) in June. After this there were one or two other similar> episodes. However now hallucinations, dreams and delusions are an almost> daily occurrence and the onset has been quite rapid in the last 4-5 weeks.> The nights are particularly bad, giving him no rest. Today we have an> appointment with a psychiatrist, at the suggestion of his neurologist, but I> am concerned that he might just add more medication.> > I would appreciate advice on this.> Thank you.> Moneesha> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask]> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn _________________________________________________________________ Post free property ads on Yello Classifieds now! www.yello.in http://ss1.richmedia.in/recurl.asp?pid=219 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn