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Dear Marie , Have you folks already tried Mirapex ? (I have read it is sometime a good help with tremors) Best wishes , "Callie M. Judd" wrote: > Dear Joao: Sorry this reply is late but I'm running 5days behind on my mail > - to > many home projects now that school's out- You asked if my husband takes > Sinimet with his Cogentin - Yes, he is on 800mg Sinimet CR. He has started > having some problem with dyskinesia so we hoped to reduce the Sinimet by > taking > Bromocriptine too - but so far no luck on any reduction- > We've tried three times before to remove the final 1 mg. Cogentin > since we > feel it contributes to his difficulties with constipation and hallucinations > - but the > tremors have always been under good control. We are now in the process of > trying to reduce the Cogentin gradually enough to discontinue it but we > aren't sure > if the Sinimet & Bromocriptine will keep the tremors away. We will be keeping > track if his ongoing but mild hallucinations leave him as we reduce the > Cogentin, > (we don't know for sure that the hallucinations aren't caused by the Sinimet > or the > Bromo - but the Neuro says the Cogentin is not supposed to be doing him any > good anymore) The reduction will take about 3-4 weeks - will let you know > the > results - if he has to stay on it, it will be a good bet that nothing else > he's used > does well against tremor. Any other Cogentin users out there having > "withdrawel" > difficulties - using it for tremor reduction?........ -- +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + | [log in to unmask] | +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+