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Originally Posted by bluesking
Has anyone had any experience of the combination of DBS and Rytary?
In my pre-DBS life, I had problems with protein that would force me to
lay on the couch for hours in misery waiting for the next pills to kick in.
Now post-DBS, the same problems exist for the most part. I'm not sure
if I can mitigate the several hour delay by simply taking additional pills.
Any advice and/or info would be greatly appreciated -
David
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i have the same challenge and since am taking only C/L eat most of my protein in the morning and evening.
in advanced pd where you are manufacturing and storing very little l-dopa and rely almost entirely on exogenous l-dopa, i don't think there is any way to get around the protein issue except to eat less of it per meal during the day or add an agonist(?), i think anything over 7 grams is going to interfere with l-dopa getting absorbed in the small intestine and thru the BBB . there is the 7:1 carbohydrate to protein theory that might help but i haven't tried it. when i knowingly eat too much protein i have to wait 2 hrs and then take my l-dopa. i imagine taking regular C/L would kick start getting l-dopa into your system vs rytary. and if you can tolerate it that would be 200-250mg ?
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