Thank you for answering my questions. I think the German scientist Braak is on the right track. I think some, if not all, PD is caused by a virus.

Before I finally took Amantadine again, I'd tried to add another half pill to the three daily halves of 25/100 carb/lev I take. The extra sinemet made me have real OFFs for the first time in the 6 years I have taken PD meds. I began to feel like a junkie longing for my fix! The offs are also gone now I've stopped taking the extra half pill.

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Daily: 8.5 mg Requip, 1 1/2 25/100 carb.lev. 100 mg Amantadine, Curcumin, Flax seed oil, Fish oil, Vitamin C, Multi B complex, Calcium, Magnesium.