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Jeff, may I ask how long your wife was on Sinemet when she stopped taking it; what sorts of withdrawal symptoms she experienced if any at the time; how long it took to get off; what was the dose; and whether she had the DBS BEFORE discontinuing the Sinemet. Thanks, Diana >Hi Jeff. Yes, stopping Sinemet seems to be what did it. She weaned herself >off of it gradually, and the diskinesia stayed with her all the way until she >stopped completely and for a bit afterwards. The only med she has tried since >Sinemet is the Neupro patch (which she started immediately after quitting >Sinemet), and she suffered no diskinesia from that. Since Neupro has been >pulled from the market, however, she's been on zero meds. Her PD syptoms are >controlled by the DBS. Scott > >>===== Original Message From Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> ===== >>Scott, >> >>Thanks for your post. Do you mind if I ask how your wife overcame her >>dyskinesia? Did stopping Sinemet do it? And did she change to another >>medication? Thank you for whatever you can say. >> >>Best wishes to you both, >> > >Jeff > >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