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Helen J. Coleman wrote: > > Thank you Jerry Starr for the information you offered. > Maybe you can enlighten me on why I have such a problem with my medications. > I've been on many of the old standby meds and seem to have trouble with > them all. I'm in an HMO, one of the best I'm told, but the Neuro I see is > close to impossible to workwith. Fortunatly he is soon to retire so I will > be assigned a new doctor but until then I've had very little help. My major > problem with all pd meds I've taken are the side effects which are worse > than the pd itself. After a few weeks of taking my pills, one Sinemet CR in > the AM and two or three 10/100' the rest of the day, one Eldepryl, Vit. E and > C and I can't stand the side effects anymore, I stop all and feel much better > for at least a few days. One side effect - feeling sleepy and spacey which > I can deal with, my doctor put me on Ritilin. (Since I could feel no help > from > it, I discontuined it.) > > I have had a CAT scan and about a year ago, an MRI. Do some pd's have > these same problems with medications. > > Just saw the 20/20 bit on Parkinsons. Awesome. Looks like the best bet so > far. I'm a hopeless optomist so I know something wonderful will happen soon. > Is this it? HC Helen,you did not mention which side effects and symptoms when not under meds you have,so it will be hard anybody say something. Best wishes, +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + | [log in to unmask] | +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+