Re: Current Science Reviews

["Zippo Bilbrok 3.0e8" <jaryan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> I have noticed that when the end of a 3 hour Sinemet cycle is up, my mother
> comments she needs more medicine.  She is becoming stiff but still can move.
>  However she feels uncomfortable inside.  Then when she gets the medicine,
> she sometimes complains of headache and feeling woozey and "terrible" for 45
> minutes or so.  She often lays down and falls asleep 10-15 minutes.  Is that
> the addictive nature of the dopamine making her feel like she needs medicine?
>  Do others of you experience that problem after you take Sinemet?  She takes
> 25/100 Sinemt with .25 Permax at one time. I feel so helpless and hate to see
> her suffer.
>
> Pam Dalby (JDalby5@xxxxxxx)daughter of Ardith 74/+9


Pam, I'm sure others will post that Sinemet has *terrible* side effects.
My husband is the most stiff when he is 'going up' and Sinemet and
'coming down.'  Those are the times when he cannot move at all.  He also
falls asleep when his med takes effect.  Since my husband only takes
Sinemet at night, this reaction could not be constued as a sign of
addiction.
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Mary Ann