Dennis, Have you ever tried to order the sinemet of the right dose from Europe. I used for years sinemet 62.5, which can be split as I did. It is here available as is SinemetCR 100/25 which can be split as well. It is weird, sinemet as such being permitted, to get the small dosis is impossible, but I don't have a clue of the rules in these matters, Ida Kamphuis > he problem is exacerbated here in Australia as Madopar > is only available in capsule form, with the smallest dose > being 50:12.5. The smallest Sinemet tablet is 100:25. > This can be divided in 1/2 (back to 50:12.5) but not > quarters. > > In my case, a single sinemet (100:25), taken 3 hourly, fails to > 'turn me "On"' at all, whereas 1 and1/2 sinemet 3 hourly > (effectively 150:37.5) produces a mild right side dyskinesia > (I recently had a right sided pallidotomy) . I feel certain that > were I able to put myself on 1 and 1/4 tablets, I would be > able to reproduce at will (brave words, I know) the perfect > "on" that even now I experience several times a week. > Sinemet CR is only available here as 200:50. I have found > it impossible to work with, as I have either no "on", or an > intolorable level of right sided dyskinesia. > > When I have raised this subject with neurologists, they have > without fail assured me that 50:12.5 is a "tiny" amount, which > should not need reducing. It seems that there is "something > wrong with me" if I find otherwise. Doctors are just like the > rest of us, they prefere it if things fall into neat catagories. I > don't blame them for this, but I make sure I remember it in all > my dealings with them. > > Dennis. > > ++++++++++++++++++++ > Dennis Greene 47/10 > [log in to unmask] > ++++++++++++++++++++ >