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----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Nuss <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 8:40 AM Subject: New to Sinemet > Dear List Members: > I was dx. two years ago with PD. My symptoms are rigidity and > medication and have been taking the pills at 6hr. intervals. > 7:30 a.m. > 1:30 p.m. > 7:30 p.m. > Does this dosage and time spacing sound ok? > Do I have to watch my protein intake with this medicine.? I asked my > pharmacist that question and she said only if your diet is high in > protein that it will block the absorption of the medicine. > Any opinions from this wonderful list are appreciated. > Carol 45/45/2 > I have had an unusually severe sensitivity to interference from food , not just protein-rich foods for most of the time since my diagnosis in 1983. I hope that you are one of those who can get by better than me. I am at the point that I consume 0.6 of a 25/100 carbidpa-levodopa .pill and one 0.25 mg Permax every waking hour, plus have been on 200 mg. Tasmar the past year three times daily. [log in to unmask] 69/dx1983/ its getting tougher/PTL anyway!Bill Olson