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Barb, The only side effect that I incurred was just dry mouth. Not any spaciness nor blurred vision. There are several people in the archives who had worse symptoms. Some had trouble getting back off of Artane. I have taken it for over 2 years without any major problems. Terry ---------- > From: Barbara Zimmer <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Artane > Date: Thursday, April 08, 1999 5:26 PM > > I started taking Artane about 2 weeks ago along with 25/100 Sinement > 3X/day. The side effects which are most dramatic are spaciness and > blurred vision. I actually got lost momentarily taking my kids to > school and sporadically have found myself in the middle of a sentence > and forgetting what I was talking about. > > Can anyone tell me if these effects wear off and if so, how long it > takes? > > Background: diagnosed with PD 10 years ago (age 36). Drug therapy > started about 7 years ago with Permax. Added sinnemet about 3 years > ago. In the last year I've tried adding requip (no effect after 3 > weeks), Tasmar, and now Artane with no Permax. > > I'd appreciate any comments or experiences you'd care to share. > > Barb > [log in to unmask]