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On Thu 07 Oct, Chris van der Linden wrote: > Correction: carpal tunnel syndrome > > the so-called median nerve travels through the carpal tunnel at the level of > the wrist and is frequently compressed in people who use their hands a lot > and some other medical conditions as well. > > Greetings > > Chris > > > This correspondence took me back about 12 years, when I found that my right (worst-affected ) hand was suffering from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The strange thing was that it only gave me trouble when I took a fairly high level of Sinemet. By fairly high I mean the level of Sinemet which I could tolerate was limited by the Carpal Tunnel effect to a lower level than the Sinemet would have allowed. I had the operation (to avoid long-term damage to the nerves) and immediately found that I could tolerate more Sinemet, as I had thought. It still puzzles me as I generally associate lack of Sinemet = muscular stiffness = expected Carpal tunnel pain, but the reverse was true. Regards, -- Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]>