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Hi "Mary K. McCormick" <[log in to unmask]>, you wrote I'm with a friend called Nigel, who thinks Amantadine is great, and it makes his movements more easy. Mind you, he's taking a cocktail of other drugs too. >Hi Folks, > >I'm brand new to this List, and have just received the Algorithm for >Managing Parkinson's Disease and the Caregiver's Handbook, and have perused >a few days' worth of email messages. I'm a caregiver for my sweetie Mike, >who is 56 and has had Parkinson's for 15 years. (I'm sending this message >for him and at his request.) > >He's been on Sinemet since the beginning, and is now on a pill schedule of >Sinemet and Permax. In May, his Parkinson's doc observed that his >dyskinesias were getting rather severe, and suggested that the Sinemet was >maybe now causing more trouble than it's benefit. He recommended a gradual >changeover to a schedule of Permax and Amantidine. Mike is apprehensive >about quitting the Sinemet, since he believes that it is what enables him >to move, so he has not made the change. The doctor renewed his >recommendation in August. He doesn't say much about what Mike might >anticipate experiencing on the new pill schedule, apart from acknowledging >that he might be slower. Does anybody out there have any real-life >experience on Amantidine, or the combination of Permax and Amantidine? It >would be helpful to have more information on which Mike can make his >decision. > >Cheers, > >Mary > > > > > >****************************** >McCormick International >Mary K. McCormick >10808 Glen Wilding Lane >Bloomington, Minnesota 55431 >U.S.A. >Tel.: (612) 884-6408 >Fax: (612) 948-0658 >Email: [log in to unmask] > [log in to unmask] -- Jeremy Browne - [log in to unmask] Shaking Hands BBS - +44 (0)1252 626233 - Fidonet 2:252/160