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Craig Mellinger wrote: > > BrucePLease ad this additonal bit of ino to what I furnished last > night.I only went to the Robert Wood Johnson Center once. He follow > visit asset up for 4 months later,e got a call that it would have to be > changed to another date ine futue makingit 8 months between visits.The > reasonwas valid. THey went from 4 nueros seeing patients to 2. retired > and one went back into rsearch.So my wife contacted some service out of > Morristown and they recommended Dr. Kenneth Cerney who was a neuro > specialising in PD.This is what I am now taking Sinemet CR 50x200 > 1 1/2 tabs x 3 times a day.Eldepryl 2x5mg twice a day,Artane(generic) > 1x3 2mg daily,and Tasmar 1x3 200 mgs daily.I had read something about > Tasmar that struck me as being helful for me. So during one of my > appointments last winter I asked him about trying it.After checking some > thing in his files he said ok. But he took me off the Mirapex.When you > read the postings on the meds people are taking it reads like the recipe > for alphabet soup.It sounds like there are about a dozen or so meds > available for treating the symptons of PD.And dependibng upon where you > stand they are all as good or as bad in treating PD. Am I correct in my > assumption.Craig Everyone responds differently to different drugs, more so I think in PD. Most neuros know that, and usually depend on the patient to help decide on which to use. You can start learning about the drugs in literature from various support organizations, APDA, UPF, PDF, NPF, and so on. Good luck. Joe -- J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013