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At 03:26 PM 4/18/97 -0400, you wrote: >To Marjorie Moorefield > > You wrote: > >"I'd be happy with a Sinemet patch. Sinemet 25/100 works wonderfully >for me-----When I remember to take it!!!! There seems to be such a >fine line between my on and off's." > >I know what you mean about "when I remember to take it". > >I had problems remembering to take mine and as you say there is such a fine >line between ons and offs that I found that I would possibly go about half an >hour or even an hour over when I should take the medication and by then I >knew I would be in trouble even if I felt OK at that point as I would soon >then start to go off and it would take ages to get back on again. So I >invested in a "Pill Meter" which is available here in the UK from centers >specialising in disability equipment. It then beeps at me every 3 and a half >hours to remind me to take my tablets(as long as I remember to reset it every >time, which I have been known not to do then I'm back to square one, or I >leave it out of earshot!). It has a drawer to put my tablets in so I always >put my next days quota in last thing at night so I can keep tabs (pardon the >pun!) on my medication intake. > >I must admit I sometimes find it annoying when it goes off when I'm in the >middle of something but at least it means I usually take my pills on time. > >Best wishes > > >Susan 43/11 > >[log in to unmask] > where is my dumbes don,t know where uk is. and what is the cost? got same trouble don I.Y.Q.