Originally Posted by pegleg

Have you checked into the cost? It seems we discussed this therapy at length here since it has beeen approved and used in Europe for several years.

In Europe they call it Duodopa; in the U.S. it is called Duopa. Some in Europe swear by it, saying it changed their life. However, they have free healthcare. While our insurance might pay for the peg-tube surgery, the intestinal gel is considered "medicine" and may not be covered by programs like Medicare. I understand one tube of the gel (guessing that it lasts about one month) runs into thousands of dollars.
My problem is that dopamine (after 21 years of it) causes dyskinesia and dystonia, thus I opted to try DBS - I dont know of any other therapy that gets you off carbidopa/levadopa. Does anyone else?

Peggy