Thanks for asking this question,Therese. I hope the following statement/question is not hijacking your thread.
As I have mentioned before my husbands main symptom is a tremor in his right hand/arm with some drooling......from his mouth not his arm! He has been diagnosed over two years and is on 13mg of Requip with a very small amount of beta blocker to help the tremor.When we saw the neurologist last I asked about Symmetrel which I believe is the brand name of Amantadine.There was a great sucking in of teeth and then a "Not at all suitable."The P.D nurse (We have specialist nurses in the U.K who do the day to day work and are very knowledgeable)also shook her head and mouthed "No" and shook her head.On reflection I should have asked why. Can somebody throw some light on this?