stated in my group that DBS allows us to cut our meds in half and an 80% inicrease in on time is proabable too. We would not be having this conversation if neurologists wrongly did not disparage DBS so much. The bottom line is IF you get a good team your chances of a good outcome are excellent. So many people go to their "neighborhood" DBS team. THis can be a prescription for disaster. EVEn if they do get the surgery correct, they screw up the programming. Its frustrating!!! DBS is the best (and only) non-pharmacological treatment for PD we have. DBS works! I, and many others, are proof of that.

Charlie