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Old 06-26-2012, 08:49 PM #1
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My dads tremors left arm and hand are getting worse. He is on Sinemet twice a day. Any suggestions as to what he can try that might help the tremors lessen? He is visiting me and my sister here in NY... Hate to see him like that?
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Old 06-26-2012, 09:23 PM #2
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Everyone's experience is different, but here's a few ideas (I'm a PwP, not a medic):
- stress makes the tremors worse;
- Sinemet has a variable impact on tremors. Two doses per day is, in my experience, unusual: 3 or 4 doses per day is more common. Levodopa has a short half life, so he must be running out between doses. Perhaps he should ask his doctor about this;
- I get a limited, brief relief from my tremor, by consciously moving my hand a few millimetres at right angles to the tremor.

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