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Originally Posted by Aunt Bean
If she is afraid of the sinemet...try fava beans/papaya/watermellon....
Get book "Natural Therapies for Parkinsons Disease by Laurie Mischley" and try some of the things she suggests first. Go with your gut feelings and hers. Also, sinemet can be cut in half or smaller ...some people get a lot of relief at first with a very small amount. If I would someday have to take it because unable to grow favas for some reason. ...I would put the smallest dose possible in a bottle of water with some ascorbic acid (vit C) in it and sip on it as needed thru-out the day. This is called liquid sinemet. Do research, PD is a life journey..not a weekend vacation or year's sabbatical. God Bless and guide you both. Aunt Bean
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liquid sinemet is used to fine tune one's sinemet dose but normally that's suggested for advanced patients taking frequent small doses and is more difficult than it sounds and even then it is recommended you take it on a set schedule using some sort of measurement. imho it should be a last resort, not a first choice. less than 10% of l-dopa gets into the brain and thus less than 10mg gets into the brain with a 100mg tablet.