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REPLY AT BOTTOM will johnston wrote: > > REPLY AT BOTTOM > > At 06:06 PM 1/8/97 -0500, you wrote: > >will johnston wrote: > >> There are also different strengths of Sinemet > >> available: 10/100, 25/100, 25/250 in the standard > >> Sinemet and 25/100 and 50/200 in the CR. All > >> tablets are scored to make it easy to break them > >> in half, effectively almost doubling the choices. > >> Which should you use? Standard? CR? CR with > >> a standard boost in the morning? The choice is up > >> to you and your physician. > >> > > > >Will,let me first congratulate you for your excelent contributions to > >this list. > > > >Secondly,I would appreciate if you would explain a little bit about the > >units of measurement in the case of use of tablets meds in the USA. > > > >In most countries in the ocidental world uses the unit mg (miligrams) to > >indicate the amount of a product in a med tablet. > >In this way we say each tablet contains 100 mg of levedopa,etc. > > > >Then I ask you,how to interpret the units 10/100 and 25/250 of > >Sinemet,standard or CR ? > > +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + > > | [log in to unmask] | > > +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+ > > > > Joao, > > You are correct as to the units. The first number is the weight of > carbidopa in milligrams, the second number is the weight of levodopa in > milligrams. The total weight of a 25/100 regular [instant release] Sinemet > tablet is about 165-170 milligrams - the extra weight being filler. > > Today we are getting our first snow of winter. Guess you are headed into the > hot weather of summer. Your English is not perfect, but it is far better > thany Portugese I ever knew. There is a term for idiomatic non-standard > Americanese: Slanguage, a mixture of slang and language. I suppose it would > equate with the "langue vert" [not sure of the spelling] of France which > translates literally into "green language" in English. > > I speak southern USA English, but the accent does not show much in writing. > > Will > And here's to long "ons" and short "offs" > > WILL JOHNSTON 4049 OAKLAND SCHOOL ROAD > SALISBURY, MD 21804-2716 > 410-543-0110 > Pres A.P.D.A. DelMarVa Chapter Thanks Will, You cleared out my doubts.One of my great difficulty to figure out the problem was that I thought that Carbidopa were used * only * in the CR Sinomet tablets.Now I see that it is used too in the called Standard type of Sinomet,only in less proportion. See Will,here in Brazil we use a different composition(do not use carbidopa) that is similar I believe to Madopar used in England and other countries. I hope you loved the first snow of your winter.Some people like winter time and some don't.Salvador were I live is a blessed place as far climate goes fortunately.We are having a mild pleasant summer time and the beaches here are great.I use to go early in the morning to practice sports for an hour more or less before breakfast.If one can compare I would say that Salvador is for cities in Brazil as S,Francisco in California is to USA cities as far as climate goes(pleasant climates). All the best to you, -- +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + | [log in to unmask] | +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+