Thanks, Gary. I have an appointment in about a month with my MDS and will ask her what she suggests -- she prescribed Requip with no results. I decided on my own to try the mucuna.

J

Does mucana alone (with no carbidopa) cause nausea like levodopa alone (with no carbidiopa)?

Yes, it does

Hi HeartSong,

I can only report on my own experience with mucuna of course but I have been taking 1 tsp of organic mucuna powder 2-3 times a day for several weeks. I stir it into juice, applesauce or yogurt. I do not take sinemet or any other drug containing carbidopa and I have not been nauseous or noticed any adverse side effects at all.

Since my worst symptom is tremor and neither the levodopa in sinemet nor in mucuna seems to help that, I stopped taking it for the last two days. I noticed I am a bit slower without the mucuna so maybe it helps with bradykinesia.

Hope this helps,

Joanne

I have exactly the same question pertaining to my dad... he has been prescribed the exact same dosage of the same drug the same number of times per day...????????? Anyone with any knowledge on this topic, I would love to have some input as well. Thank you very much... My dad is 89 years old and has been suffering with Parkinson's Disease now for a year and eleven months....

YOU CAN use the search function to find all previous messages about mucana. some people say they like it better than sinemet but think about it, in the age of the internet, if it was truly a useful supplement, don't you think it would be in much wider use? it's been known before l-dopa was synthesized. i've seen posts where people are taking grams of it in lieu of a 100mg tab of sinemet which is manufactured to a certain standard vs a herb where you have no idea what the quality control is, i believe all mucana is grown overseas and in south america.

talk to your MDS, get a book on pd, and keep in mind that at 89 the side affects of any drug are greater than at 60, hallucinations being one of them so your MDS might be reluctant to up the sinemet doseage, especially since tremor doesn't appear to be reduced. i suggest you purchase "The Parkinson's Disease Treatment Book: Partnering with Your Doctor to Get the Most from Your Medications
Aug 1, 2005
by J. Eric Ahlskog" it's an older book but a good starting point since concentrates on how to treat the disease from when first diagnosed and as you progress and gives tables on what are normal dosages at different stages so when you talk to your MDS you'll be able to bring up other choices if you feel he/she left out other options. it doesn't cover alternative treatments.

It varies person to person.

thankyou for the information-to be honest i've read the threads on mucuna and I'm definitely still confused about "dose"--to be specific--I take Stalevo 100/25 6x/day---I bought )oth the Solaray product (333 mg per capsule) and the Banyan mucuna powder will arrive in 2 days--I would to try this but dont want to drastically underdose and, more importantly, don't want to overdose--do you have a suggestion on how i could try the capsule --and when the powder comes--where I might start in terms of dosing and interaction with Stalevo-- I realize this is not a straightforward question!