At 11:35 PM 10/1/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi
>Obviously reducing the amount of carbidopa did nothing for my
>memory.......twas not until I read Anne's response that I remembered that I
>had elimination of dystonia in my left foot that had been quite painful for
>about six months. The dystonia disappeared on when I replaced two CR with 3
>10/100's.
>
Rita:
The therapeutic benefit of the CR tablet is only 70% of the same potency
standard release tablet. If you were taking 2 xx/100 CRs for example, you
were receiving the benefit of 140 mg of levodopa. The three xx/100s you
replaced them with provide the benefit of 300 mg of levodopa. Providing that
this increase of dosage didn't induce end-of-dose dyskinesia, you were
severely undermedicated.
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