Chris,

Azilect was added for me because I'm on a relatively low dose of Sinemet, and the purpose was to act as sort of an extender as opposed to increasing my Sinemet dosage. The idea is to increase your "on" time without upping the Sinemet dose and hopefully delaying the dyskinesia that typically comes in younger PD patients who are on Sinemet only.

The agonists scare me to to death. I already have OCD behaviors, so I don't need them increased because of the agonist side effects that happen to some people.

Then there's the speculation that Azilect "may" have neuroprotective benefits. My doctor, who was involved in the clinical studies of Azilect, said I was a great candidate for it. So it is worth a shot.

Like I said earlier, I'm only on 0.5 right now, but in a week bump up to 1.0 and the hopefully see some positive results. It certainly hasn't given me any side effects and I'm grateful for that.

Thanks.