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To Lanier and others posting on Amantadine: My late wife, Moira MacPherson, started on Amantadine (Symmetrel) when she was first diagnosed in 1979. She dropped it at some point to begin Sinemet therapy, but returned to it with considerable success much later (about 1991) when her dyskinesia became a severe problem. Many people who saw her before and after resuming it comments on the difference. The first Moira heard about the benefits of resuming Amantadine for dyskinesia came from one of the early members of the Movers and Shakers support group in California. I can't remember her first name -- her surname was Johnson. (I must be getting old -- have been trying to remember the name for days now...). She and Moira talked frequently on the phone about it Her husband is Greg Johnson and, as I recall, he set up one of the first bulletin board's for Parkinson's on the net. I remember joining it before I discovered this marvelous creation of our own Barbara P. This puts me in mind of how we treasure the contacts this list provides, but at the same time, we inevitably lose touch with a few. I hope the Johnson's are well -- anybody out there in touch with them recently? TTFN Peter ************************************************************************** Peter Kidd Learning Materials Consulting Services 62 Coronation Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3N 2M6 Canada Tel/FAX: (902) 443-4262 Email: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa163/peterkidd.html