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Brian Collins wrote: > > On Wed 05 Feb, Denham Miriam wrote: > > My husband had a severe tremor in his left hand and arm at the time he was > > diagnosed in 1988. The Sinemet practically stopped the tremor! > > > > Miriam L. Denham cg for Dale, 74, dx 1988 > > [log in to unmask] > > > > On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, Joao Paulo Carvalho wrote: > > > > > John S. Walker wrote: > > > > > > > > Some Facts About Parkinson's Disease > > > > http://www.dash.com:80/netro/nwx/tmr/tmr0197/parkinson0197.html > > > > > > > > Mark E. Abell, BS, PA-C > > > > > > <snip><snip> > > > > The use of Sinemet in the treatment of Parkinson's > > > > disease should be reserved for reducing the slow movements and > > > > rigidity; the drug does very little in reducing the tremors. > > > > <snip> > > > > Recall that the use of Sinemet does not do much to help the tremors, > > > > but is used in the treatment of rigidity and bradykinesia; and those > > > > two characteristics of the disease are measured (in terms of > > > > frequency) to determine the affects of the medication in the treatment > > > > of the disease. > > > <snip> <snip> > > > > > > I observe that at least in my case the levodopa DOES HELP very much > > > about tremors since I still am not affected by the other symptoms.It > > > would be very interesting to have the testimony of others PWPD in this > > > list about this assertion. > > > > > > Regards, > > > +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + > > Hello Joao Paulo, > > > I rely totally on Sinemet (Madopar) to control my tremor, Which is classic > Parkinson's Tremor. It is still highly effective after 17 years, the only > problem is, as you know, the difficulty in achieving the correct dosage, > which becomes progressively more difficult as PD progresses. > > -- > Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]> Hi friends, Summing up what has been post in this list I believe we may conclude that Sinemet(Madopar),levedopa drugs, do control tremors. Cheers, +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + | [log in to unmask] | +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+