Jayne Bonner wrote in part: <<Sinemet (she takes the time release pill). snip Also, Mother cannot swallow pills very well, so we try to crush up most of them.>> crushing the CR Sinemet makes it act in very short time. -- Ron Vetter 1936, '84 PD dz [log in to unmask] http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~rfvetter