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Charlie: We are new on the list but glad that something called the "STN" has helped you. My husband has had PD for 9 years but we are now living in Tobago (our neuro is with the NPF in Miami and works with us by phone in coordination with an excellent American trained internist here -- and our visits to Miami every few months (or sooner if needed). He is scheduled to begin several weeks of testing in Miami for a pollidotomy June 10th with the surgery tentatively scheduled for the first week of July. We were able to get "Comtess" here (the Tasmar replacement) but Don could not tolerate it at all. For the past two months he's been able to get back on the Tasmar which had caused him LOTS of problems after an initial six month "heaven" and which our neuro stopped in December. This return to the Tasmar has been facilitated by taking 100 mg every 3-1/2 hours to 4 hours with his Sinemet dosage WITH a thisilyn supplement of 75 mg. He lost his ability to tolerate Mirapex when he developed his problems with the Tasmar and we haven't tried to put him back on it yet. Our neuro doesn't know why this is combination is working but wants us to continue this regimen. So, as you can see, we've been "hustling" the past couple of years to manage Don's PD decline into a lot of invalidism. He is perfectly healthy every other way and needs no other medications of any kind. SO WE CAN'T HELP WONDERING WHAT AN "STN" IS? At this point, any info of any type on any thing that a PWP has actually experienced is helpful. Thank you! Glenna (& Don 72/9) "Charles T. Meyer, M.D." wrote: > HI Dennis and Welcome back You have been missed. > > After a honeymoon period I crashed for a following the STN .I have > become a little aphasic temporarily I hope Yesterday I went to Chicago > for the first time with interesting results. On the good side my > freezing has decreased considerably I can transfer more easily and > dystonia ia less. On the negative I am experiencing perhaps a carpal > tunnel syndrome but perhaps something more in the right hand. I also > feel a little nauseated . But the main thing is that It seems to be > working. I realize that there is much more that need to be done but if > adjustments go like the first one in several months I should be doing > just great. > > Charlie > > -- > ****************************************************************************************** > > Charles T. Meyer, M.D. > Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin > [log in to unmask] > ******************************************************************************************