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At 07:59 08/07/97 -0400, you wrote: >I think you can get generic sinemet that is not time released, >but you can't yet get time released generic Sinemet. Could this >be the reason so few seem to be on the time released Sinemet? >[log in to unmask] > > Billy, Probably. I am fortunate in that I can pay an annual fee to cover all drugs I need so cost is not a consideration. However, standard and CR formulations each have their own advantages and disadvantages and it may well be that more people get on better with the standard. Standard: works more quickly and can kick start, is cheaper and if you get nausea some people say it is not so bad as with CR. CR: A more sustained release, less tablets to take, not QUITE so affected by food, but dearer and the controlled release action is sometimes not so good at switching on. That is as I see it "off the cuff" - excuse me if I have missed some points. Frankly, I suspect that people end up with whatever their Neuro believes in at the time. When I stumbled out from my Neuro's office following diagnosis nearly 4 years ago, Sinemet was simply a yellow tablet that would "make me better". Ernie Peters <[log in to unmask]>