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In the early stages of my PD experience, before I knew what "it" was, I tried accupuncture for many months. Little progress was seen I am sorry to say. On an earlier discussion about breaking up the Sinemet pill, I have found that placing the Sinemet ( 1/2 of a 50-/200) up in the area between the front teeth between the gum and lip, can give intresting results. The pill has no offensive taste and the "dispensing" of the drug can be controlled more accurately. I would use this method while conducting training classes where I could not be seen "poping pills" . This technique would allow me with a swipe of the tonge to dispense some of the drug when I needed it (without anyone noticing) and the Sinemet would become effective much quicker than the 2 hour wait I have found with swallowing the pill. The only drawback was that sometimes I would forget to reach up there with my tonge and get some. I found that I needed to do the tonge swipe every 15 minutes to maintain the regular level of dopamine in my system. If a stressful situation came about and I needed to get some it was there for me quickly. Dyskinsia was reduced as well. One possible drawback was an irritation in my throat after using this method for several days. It may have been a virus though. Merry Christmas and a hope for a better New Year for those of us who are effected with Parkinson's. Rick