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Originally Posted by lurkingforacure
3. ...until we read reviews of folks in Europe who'd gotten it...almost all of the patients were using way more drug than before, typically 40% more! I think most PWP would feel a lot better too if they were walking around with 40% more ldopa in their system.
So now we understand the concern of our former neuro...also it's major surgery and you have a tube sticking out of you that needs to be kept sanitary, etc. There are downsides.
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No doubt some people do use more than prescribed but I dont think that should be such a concern to stop its introduction. its been around a while now. Long enough for all these countries to approve it. (From EPDA site)
......all 30 countries of the European Economic Area (EEA = EU plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein), Croatia, Switzerland, Canada and Australia.
Austria
Australia
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Luxembourg
The Netherlands
Norway
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom