 |
 |
Jason wrote: "Yes, Samson was great. I only got to see him twice (I am only 26). I know that one of the side effects of taking too much amantadine, for me anyway, is an increase in shaking. I won't call it tremor because on no meds at all, I have no tremor. I have tried it. Being on no meds at all worked...for about 3 hours, I can tell you that for nothing. Anyway, what I'm getting at is I think Paul (Nausieda) may have chosen the wrong med for your dad. I don't think amantadine is the best anti-tremor drug available." On cheeseheads. And gooooooooo Packers Hi Jason, good to hear from you. Too bad the zoo couldn't get Samson to mate with another gorilla. We could use another Samson! So, you could very well be correct that Dr. Nauseida choose the wrong medicine for Dad. It's simply trial and error I guess. I'm curious though, what other anti-tremor drugs, besides Sinemet, are available and helpful? Brian Collins wrote: "Amantadine is considered rather old-fashioned these days and is not used much. (How old is your doctor?)." By the way Brian, Dr. N is probably in his late 40's (is that correct Jason?) Is it true, all you experienced PWPD, that using Amantadine as an anti-tremor drug is behind the times? Any other suggestions for us to try before resorting to Sinemet? Dad sees his PD doc, Dr. Nauseida, October 16th. We'd love to go in with ammo/questions for him. To all the Wisonsinites/cheeseheads out there, I second Jason's cheer, goooooooooooooo PACK! (I'm going to my 1st Green Bay packers/Lambeau Field game November 3rd. I'm so psyched!) Bye! Kristin