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Dear Pam: Why can't you get permax in New Zealand? It's been a good alternative to sinemet for my husband, since he was getting far too much sinemet, and that caused a lot of the "restless everything" syndrome (though he says he prefers this state to the rigid alternative)? k. >I am concerned about the amount of sinemet I need to give relief of symptoms of >P.D. What do others think. > >I choose to have as little medication as possible and as few mixtures of >tablets to be able to function reasonably. I ve had P.D. 8 years and RLS (I >call it restless everything). I began eldepryl 4yrs ago, sinemet 18 months ago >with 1 CR at night. > >Now I am needing sinemet 3/4 hourly, some CR, and some 25/100. Even at night I >wake 4 hourly and get no sleep if I go without. This means about 250/1000 >carbidopa/levodpa per day. > >Dr has just recently given me Prozac. 20 mg daily. No adverse reaction and no >improvement so far. Can t get Permax here (New Zealand). > >Reading about free radicals and the fact that only 10-20% of the medication >reaches or is used by the brain. Makes me want to find a more efficient way of >getting dopamine or coping with P.D. > >Pam Barnett. > >Kim Barnett <[log in to unmask]> > > ====================================================================== Mrs. Karin M. Beros, MSO [log in to unmask] International and Area Studies voice: (510) 642-8542 Office of the Dean, 260 Stephens Hall fax: (510) 642-9466 Mail Code 2300 ======================================================================