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I am new to this mailing list. Perhaps somebody can give me any information about treatment with apomorphine, (not related to morphine). My consultant has asked me to consider using this drug as I have recently been going off at odd times, and this can be somewhat of a problem. I take Madopar dispersible as my main levadopa provider, just at the moment,and I have been given two different stories about the side effects, one person says that it is brilliant, and another says that the sickness is inevitable for about six months, and one needs to take domperidone tablets for that period of time, And also they mention hallucinations and confusion as common side effects. This could lead to great problems, as I live alone. There are two ways to use it , the first one is to carry around with you an injection, just in case you go off, as it brings most people back to normal, within five to ten minutes. What worries me about this way is can I find the right place to inject safely as my dyskinesia, can be quite violent. With my arms flailing about I doubt that I would be able to cope with that . The second way is to stop the use of Leva -dopa, completely, and go on to using a slow infuser pump, which gives a set amount all day long, and which you can give yourself an extra boost, if you feel that you are going off. This means carrying around with you an instrument about the size of mobile phone in your pocket all day, and you have to set it up every day afresh by injecting a needle, with a tube attached to a syringe full of your apomorphine so that the rate of drip can be set accordng to your requirements. I look forward to your comments. S.sutcliffe@which,net