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Old 10-01-2008, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Av8rgirl View Post
Yes it is used for Parkinson's patients. But as we've found out, not all meds work for everyone! If you have a doc who thinks outside the box, docs have to treat symptoms...not just the disease!!! Good luck!
Amen sister! I said that very thing to Jim's doctor Monday. I told him he cannot treat Jim like a cookie vutter patient. Just because it's a ms drug doesn't mean it works for all. He agreed. As a matter fo fact we had several disagreements but we have a good relationship so it works out.

The doctor put Jim on Sinemet 10/100 once at night. So far we are on day three with no results so he has up'd it to two at night to see if that works. If by Friday we don't have any relief he's going to look into prescription Naproxen.
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