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Brian Collins wrote: > > On Sun 19 Jan, Joao Paulo Carvalho wrote: > > Hello Nigel, > > > > Rosemary J Oram wrote: > > > > > > Answer to Joao Paulo Carvalho > > > > > > 1. Madopar Tablets each contain 200mm. They are grooved in four parts for > > > ease of division. > > > > > > Madopar capsules contain 100mm. + 25mm Benserazide. These are slow > > > release capsules. > > > > > > 2. My present medication is > > > > > > 7 a.m. 2 Madopar capsules > > > 1 x half Madopar tablet. > > > > > > 1 permax tablet > > > 11 a.m. Ditto > > > 4 p.m. Ditto > > > 9.30 p.m. 2 Madopar capsules > > > 1xhalf Madopar tablet > > > [No permax] > > > Nigel Oram ([log in to unmask]) > > > > If I undestood correctly : > > > > 1. Madepar capsules do NOT have bensenrazide.They are pure levodpa. > > > > 2. You take daily about 1000 mg of levodopa.Is'nt too much ? > > > > > > Here in Brazil it is found a med under the name of Prolopa250(200 mg of > > levvodopa + 50 mg of bessenrazide) in tablets.There are'nt tablets of > > pure levodopa. > > +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + > > > Let's see now: > 1) I guessed that Nigel's tablets were Madopar 125s because the 200 mg > tablet seemed too big. > > 2) I was partly right: Nigel takes 100 mg doses but does it by breaking > a 200 mg tablet in half. Why do you do that ? Is it a cost benefit? > One of the reasons why I use Madopar Dispersibles containing only 50 mg > of Levodopa (And they are grooved to split in half) is that I can break > the tablet in 2 easily, and then in half again, giving me effectively a > 'resolution' of 12.5 mg per piece of tablet. Starting with 200 mg and > breaking that down seems to be doing it the hard way. ( Keep the > golden rule in mind : A little and often is better than an occasional > large dose. > Joao Paulo: I don't think anyone takes pure levodopa these days: The 99% > which fails to get to the brain can make you very ill. Certainly if you > say Madopar or Sinemet, you are talking about a 'buffered' tablet. i.e. > one in which the levodopa is protected from attack while it is in the > bloodstream by Carbidopa (in Sinemet) or Benserazide in Madopar. > > Are we all straight now ?> > Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]> Rigth on Brian...This is what I suspected since I found strange the way Nigel put it and since dosage of meds are different in some countries I had my doubts... Thanks again,(BTW I see that you have started adding a new med in your daily ingestion). Best wishes, +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ +