Brian Collins....
Brian, ya bring up some interesting points.
As I said in my post, the woman I know who takes the liquid Sinemet is
very disciplined in taking it - so much so that she uses an alarm on
her watch to let her know WHEN she can take it (every hour on the hour).
By the time the end of an hour rolled 'round, I wouldn't have got between
her and that bottle of liquid Sinemet for all the tea in China! She HAD to
have that drink THEN... right at THAT moment!!!
Not an ideal situation, in my opinion, 'cause the only other people I've
seen with such a desperate need are alcoholics and users of illicit drugs!
Ohhh.. and chocoholics needing their fix! <grin>
By the way, the bottle of liquid Sinemet the woman carries 'round in
her tote bag was a quart-sized number that not only was big and bulky,
but HAD to be pretty darn heavy most of the time!
Barb Mallut
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From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Brian Collins
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 1997 7:59 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
Subject: Re: for Michael/Barbara
On Sun 21 Sep, Barbara Mallut wrote:
> Chuck.....
>
> I'll never forget a message that was posted here on the List some time ago
> from the hubby of a woman whose life seemed to revolve around taking her
> liquid Sinemet. He watched her take more and more of it till there was
> hardly any time at all between doses. Apparently it's very easy to take a
> swig a little sooner than one's scheduled to.... and then to take another
> swig..... and yet another. And her PD symptoms got worse and worse the
more
> she liquid Sinemet she sipped. Her hubby stressed how very addictive this
> drug can be to us.
For Barbara Mallut.
That is an interesting point that you make Barb: I got very interested a
while ago when 'Liquid Sinemet' (Orange juice and Sinemet) was quite
fashionable. What I found was that 'LS' was undoubtedly the fastest thing
available in terms of elapsed time between taking a swig of 'LS' and feeling
some effect. However, the bad news seemed to be that the effect wore off
equally quickly, and the poor patient was up and down like a yo-yo. (I'm
talking about 1 hour from fully off to fully on and back to fully off,
with the patient only feeling on for about 20 to 30 minutes in the middle
of the cycle. Not a really ideal schedule, and I can see how a person could
get trapped into 'chasing their tail' trying to catch up.
Regards,
--
Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]>
