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Barbara Duffin-Bates <[log in to unmask]> <<My husband (56/13) has had severe pain in his arms for the past year. We have mentioned it over and over again to all the various health care professionals he has seen lately and none of them offered any suggestions. We did try a series of physiotherapy sessions which did not help. We have always felt that the cause of the pain was his dyskensia (in which he clenches his fists and twists his arms for hours on end, and has for years). I can understand why this would cause stress and wear and possibly pain. But is there nothing that can be done?>>>> I am wondering if less or lessor amount per dose of levodopa has been tried. If regular carbidopa/levodopa medication is taken, is it taken every two hours or so? When do these hours on end of dyskinesia occur? Could you post the medication schedule being used - to aid in our speculations? -- ron 1936, dz PD 1984 Ridgecrest, California Ronald F. Vetter <[log in to unmask]> http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~rfvetter