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Kathy Barras wrote: > Mom takes her Sinemet WITH each > meal and 1 in the evening. She does drink the Ensure between meals. > Today her doctor told me that I could change med times and try to adjust > them the best I can. Your doctor may have been concerned that she might have some nausea when she first started with Sinemet. Taking it with meals can greatly reduce nausea for many people. If she is not having any nausea now, then it could be best for her to take her Sinemet 30-60 minutes before eating meals or snacks. The Sinemet should then be absorbed before the food enters her stomach. This may help with her stiffness. > As far as the Ensure > goes, what would be the optimal time for her "snack"? Snacks as well as meals are best taken 30-60 minutes after the Sinemet. It may also require a couple of weeks before she notices a difference. If there is no difference after two weeks, then protein is probably not the cause of her stiffness. My very best regards to you and your mother, Kathrynne Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD "Nutrition you can live with!" Medical nutrition therapy Tel: 970-493-6532 // Fax: 970-493-6538