For Jim Finn Hello Jim, I am SO pleased to hear from you , and bringing such good news as well. It is interesting that you can still get some use out of Sinemet - It may be that at this stage, where the brain is trying to establis contact with the approrpriorate muscles of the body, that dopamine consunption is higher than normal. Anyway, it's noce to speculate on good news for a change. I am interested to learn whether the researchers gave you any idea of how long it will be before you can confidently say "this change is permanent". -- Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]>