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Hello everyone, We have learnt many nice and useful things on this list for a long time. I took a break and joined the list again. It is a great support for all the people who have PD or their relations. In this letter I would like to say hello to you all and ask a question. I am from Turkey and my father, who is 68, has had PD for eight years and he has been using Madopar and Dopergine since then. We have come to a stage that we are having problems with his medication. A little bit much of it causes some side effects- dyscinesia, and less of it causes stiffness and slowness and this goes on and off all day long with jerky movements. He says that he is not satisfied with it anymore. His doc. suggested that he change Madopar into Etacapone which is a new drug from Germany. He says that this one is effective for a much longer period with much less side effects. Have any of you used this and have you had any bad side effects? It is called Etacapone. One or two letters of it may be different in different countries. Since we don't know much about this drug, we are hesitating. Before his starting this medicine, we really would like to learn as much as possible. I will appreciate any info that you can give about this. Best Regards Yesim