Thank you, Charlie, for your very prompt response. You asked if Essential Tremors had been eliminated...yes...two neurologists...approximately ten years ago gave a definitive "yes" to PD. If I understand you correctly, Charlie...you're suggesting a lower dose of the Sinemet, i.e. 1/2 pill taken more frequently throughout the day rather than the scheduled 3x's a day. That seems to be such a sound suggestion, Charlie, since the Sinemet usually DOES "work" but has the dyskinesia side effect...so that if the Sinemet is taken in a lower dose each time, it would seem to make a lot of sense that there probably would not be the dyskinetic side effect while at the same time, she would have a degree of concentration of the Sinemet "working". I THINK I've understood you, Charlie, and I want to thank you for your input. I most definitely will present this as a possible solution to Doreen's present problem when we see her neurologist at the end of the month. I wonder why I didn't think of this, Charlie!!! LOL...but, then, that was my prime reason for posting the question...I had no solutions...thank you so much....

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