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botox for  leg dystonia

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Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 7:13 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Solo Sinemet

> You had botox ? Can you still change your facial expression ?
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> Quoting Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]>:
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>> Karol
>>
>> I don't take Sinemet at all.  I had DBS in 2003 and that stopped the 
>> tremors.
>>  Sinemet only helped on the first dose.  I've tried it many times.  Took 
>> it
>> when batteries died this summer  so I could move a little, but doesn't 
>> seem
>> to help at all now that my batteries have been replaced.
>>
>> DBS is great for tremor; doesn't help all that much for balance,
>> bradykinesia, micrographia and makes voice worse, but its worth it to me. 
>> I
>> had botox recently for leg dystonia but it doesn't seem to have helped. 
>> Some
>> people  with PD find botox helpful for dystonia.
>>
>> Ray
>>
>>
>> From: Karol Klim
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 3:55 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Solo Sinemet
>>
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>>       Hello, I am 53 years of age and have been recently diagnosed with 
>> PD
>> and am taking .75 of Sinemet and .75 of Mirapex.  I would like to see how 
>> I
>> would do with just taking Sinemet alone.  I am concerned about the side
>> effects of Mirapex, particularly the "sudden onset of sleep" possibility
>> while driving.   It sounds like you have had a lot of success with only
>> taking Sinemet at a very low dosage.  Is this true or have you had some
>> tremors and rigidity?  I would like to do the same, if possible.  thanks 
>> for
>> your help.  Karol
>>
>>
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