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At 10:30 1999/10/07 +0200, you wrote: >In Belgium and other parts of Europe we have a disperible form >of levodopa (Madopar or Prolopa HBS). You dilute this in a little >water and drink it; after about 15-30 minutes there is an immediate >effect; it is very helpful in patients who frequently freeze and at >night when the PD patient wakes up and cannot get out of bed to go >to the restroom. It is NOT the same as diluting a regular Sinemet >in water, the dispersible tablet works faster and more powerful. >Does a similar form of Sinemet exist in the USA? > >One other note, in Europe you can get both Sinemet and Madopar, in >the USA only Sinemet, yet there are differences in response; so if >one of my patients does not respond to Sinemet I can switch to Madopar >and sometimes see a far better response. Can anybody tell me why Madopar >is not available in the USA? Do the two companies have some kind of an >agreement (Roche vs Merck Sharp and Dohm)? As a patientgroup I would >really pressure the companies to have Madopar released in the USA, >because some patients can be helped!! > >Greetings, > >Chris hear, hear! thanks for pointing out those 'differences in response' i tried two different generic forms [copies] of Sinemet and had a different response to each Health Canada needs to know and recognise this as well as the US government janet 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]>