Hi Barbara, MY name is Janice, I have known that I had PD for a little over a year now. I also get leg cramps, I take 3200 IU of dry E each day. I have been thinking of going to the plain E gel caps. Do you thing that might make a difference? The dry E costs a lot more the regular E. I am also on Sinemet 25/100 three times a day I have some dry patches of skin on my face. It started after I started the Sinemet drug has anyone else had the same thing happen to them. Janice -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Mallut <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, November 06, 1998 12:18 AM Subject: Re: leg cramps >Susan... > >I've had PD for 23 years and originally suffered from terrible leg >and toe cramps when laying down and upon awakening. > >About 15 years ago, while at a dermatologist's office I got a >horrendous leg cramp, and the MD suggested I take plain ol vitamin E, >anywhere between 800 to 2000 ICUs a day for relief from cramping. > >Daily since then, I take 2000 ICUs vitamin E (after originally >starting at 800 ICUs with little relief, I moved up 400 ICUs at a >time till I got to a dosage that worked for me) <they come in 1000 >ICU size pills, but those are just too hard for me to swallow). > >I take 2 400 ICU vitamin E pills in the morning, 2 more in the late >afternoon, and one before bed. > >I have not been troubled by leg and;/or toe cramps AT ALL in the 15 >years since the original referral, unless I forget to take a dose of >the vitamin E during the day. > >Barb Mallut >[log in to unmask] >-----Original Message----- >From: Susan Tomlin <[log in to unmask]> >To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN ><[log in to unmask]> >Date: Thursday, November 05, 1998 1:45 PM >Subject: leg cramps > > >>Hi, again >> >>Is there anything that will help my mother's leg cramps? A drug or >what? >> >>Take care >> >>Bye for now >> >>Susan >> >> >>To Email me: [log in to unmask] >> >>To see me: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/1391/index.html >> >