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John: i am 62 diagnosed with Pinkyd my alias for PD,2003 IN addition to sinemet also take amantadine and also requip. Since last 1-2 yers my condition has remained stagnant and not deteriaarted. Amandatine seems to be worrking well intandem with sinemet, Hope that helps Best Haroon www.parkinsons.org.pk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:40 AM, rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > John > > I am sending your question to the List because I think there are quite a few folks who have used Amantadine. I never have, so I don't know much about it. I'm thinking you just won't know until you try it - at least that has been my experience with Sinemet - it helped on the first dose but never again even though I tried it again twice after taking it for a year several years ago. Mirapex and Requip, Comtan and Stalevo didn't help either, but DBS stopped my tremors. I read somewhere that DBS was > the only thing that would help tremor. > > Good luck, Ray > > Rayilyn Brown > Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > [log in to unmask] > > > From: JOHN YOCHIM > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 7:38 PM > To: rayilynlee > Subject: Question re Amantadine use > > > Ray, I am wondering if you or the folks on the listserve have experience using Amantadine 100mg medicine. My VA provider is recommending that in addition to Sinemet, that I take two > Amamtadine tablets per day. This is supposed to assist the Sinemet in controlling my PD symptoms including tremor. There are side effects of course, which I am aware of. > So, I would like to find out how well it is tolerated and if it has helped others. > I was diagnosed in 05 with PD but the sinemet has not worked well or me in helping with the symptoms. I continue to take sinemet as it seems to help with anxiety. Thanks for your help in the past and hopefully you can shed some light on my question. > Regards, > John Y. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > -- Haroon Basheer Tel: +92300 8220196 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn