On Thu 02 Sep, janet paterson wrote: > Hi all > > Erwin wrote to me with questions about Sinemet, and while I am rootling around in the > archives looking for an old posting about the proportions of carbidopa to levodopa, I > thought I'd pass his message on to the list membership. > > Janet > > >From: "ERVIN J MCCARTHY" <[log in to unmask]> > >To: "janet paterson" <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: Confused > >Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 19:12:06 -0700 > > > >Janet, being new to Sinement may be you can clarify something for me. > >I often see reference to the drug in different ways. Cardopa/levadopa > >and many times the names are reversed. Does this have a purpose? > >Sometimes I see numbers reversed such as 25/100, or 100/25, > >10/100 or 100/10. Are they mistakes in the numbers or am I just > >being confused? Thanks again > >[log in to unmask] > > > janet paterson > 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset > 613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0 > a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> > <[log in to unmask]> > > > Hello Janet, If you are thinking about things like Sinemet 10/100 and 25/100, coupled with the subject of Carbidopa poisoniong. you could look up in my Living with Levodopa article http::/james.parkinsons.org.uk/brian.htm Regards, -- Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]>