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LISA CRUMRINE wrote: > > Hi folks, I've nowbeen on the tasmar for about 2 months and frankly,I > really dont see much of a difference. > me med regime is 6am : 1 sinemet 25/100, 1 permax .25 , 1 eldepryl .5mg > , and 1 tasmar 100 mg > 10 am : 1/2 sinemet 25/100, 1 permax .25, 1 tasmar 100mg > 1pm: 1 tasmar, 1/2 sinemet, 1 permax .25 > 5pm: 1 tasmar, 1/2 sinemet, 1 permax .25 > 10pm: 1 tasmar, 1 sinemet, 1 permax > > Sometimes I'll take an extra 1/12 sinemet if I start cramping up or shaking > alot. It just seems like not a big difference from life before tasmar, > with the exception on taking slightly less sinemet. am I doing this right, > it seems like trying to take less sinemet does not work and the tasmar is > not relieving the symptoms that sinemet does... I don't really have a dr > who is very accessible, I pretty much have to figure things out as I go. > living in the caribbean as I do. SOOOO... I'd appreciate any feed back. > I recently went to a neuro in puerto rico, but he didnt work out, my reg > neuro is at emory university in atlanta, and is very busy, and only in > there office every other odd numbered tues and even numbered weds ( or so > it seems) at this point a trip stateside is not an option for me. any > advice or web sit info that might be useful to me. > > thanks as always for being there, I love you guys Dear Lisa, I started Tasmar last month and am on almost the same dosage as you (Tasmar 100mg, 1/2 Sinemet CR 50-200, at 6,12,6,12) and it works for me. By itself Tasmar does very little. Its main function is to preserve the supplemental levodopa or its derivative, dopamine, provided by medication for a longer time so that more of it can be used in the brain. Some patients can stretch out the dosage interval even farther, but for me the increase from 3 hours to 6 hours is most welcome, it lets me sleep a lot better. And for what it's worth, the amount of levodopa medication needed is correspondingly reduced, because less of it is wasted. Cheers, Joe -- J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013