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Originally Posted by Veronicaleighthe
Hi. I am new to this site - I was diagnosed in July of 2014 with stiffness in my right arm/hand. My neurologist immediately prescribed 1 mg of Azilect and 6 mg of ropinerole-- neither of which has helped. I am now reading about the side effects and all around toxicity of Azilect- my bad for waiting this long to consider alternatives. Ie mucuna, ashwagandha,lion's mane etc... Any thoughts? How long do you need to be off Azilect before trying alternatives?
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here's a thread on stopping azilect.
http://forum.parkinson.org/index.php...ect#entry41697
and you haven't tried carbidopa/levodopa (C/L)? if that doesn't help i doubt mucuna will help. azilect doesn't do much for symptom relief and your dose of ropinerole is low but more power to you in your pursuit of alt-treatments. i would though see how C/L works if you haven't, if it doesn't maybe you don't have pd. that's all i gotta say.