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
>>
>
