From the experience of John and Soccertese the statistics by Monsieur Bezard are clearly incorrect yet many people do have levodopa 'related' problems. To further muddy the water it is often the agonist in combination with L.dopa that causes the dyskinesia in early onset.
We all tend to interpret these matters to suit our views.
I do think we need to take L.dopa off it's pedestal and stop calling it the gold standard for as good as it is I rather fancy something a bit better . I feel we are giving the world and the powers that be the impression that PWP's are pretty well catered for and so leave things as they are.
I'm pretty certain 100% of PWP's are not 100% happy with their meds.
Perhaps the differing points of view are another indication that there are simply many PD subtypes and until we know what they are, when making treatment choices such as starting L.dopa it will always be a case of "ya pay ya money and take ya chances"


Again, as ever, nowt is black and white in the land of Parkinsonia

Nigel