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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Stafford, UK
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Stafford, UK
Posts: 1,059
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Thanks Nan. Your case falls into the category:
"In some cases, LID may be a response to taking more levodopa than is required in which case a reduction in dose is all that is needed to decrease the LID."
I'm glad that you had the confidence to make the change yourself.
My Parkinson's specialist nurse puts my absence of dyskinesia, 12 years after diagnosis, down to my mixed "diet":
5x75mg Stalevo - 500mg LED;
8mg ropinirole controlled release - 160mg LED
1mg rasagiline - 100mg LED
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LEDD = 760mg
It seems to me that Gocovri (amantadine extended release) should only be tried once other methods have failed.
John
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Born 1955. Diagnosed PD 2005.
Meds 2010-Nov 2016: Stalevo(75 mg) x 4, ropinirole xl 16 mg, rasagiline 1 mg
Current meds: Stalevo(75 mg) x 5, ropinirole xl 8 mg, rasagiline 1 mg
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