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parkinsons meds

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robin20057
robin20057

My husband is on 8 pills a day of carbidopa/levodopa 25 - 100 mg daily.  Also 6 tablets daily of carbidopa/levodopa/enta 50 200 200 daily.  Is anyone else on such a great amount of meds?

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  • Cactus1
    Cactus1 robin20057

    Posted

    How old is your husband? Is he taking entacapone?

    Cactus1

    • robin20057
      robin20057 Cactus1

      Posted

      He is 59  and on carpalevodopa and carpolevadopa enta.
  • judy80061
    judy80061 robin20057

    Posted

    i am on 8-10 a day  i have had parkie for 18-19 yrs and it keeps me under control most of the time  my legs shake when im at rest and i have  a hard time with the heat my head gets so hot  and i sweat  some ting terrable also cant spell for  any thing , so please forgive

     

    • robin20057
      robin20057 judy80061

      Posted

      He had DBS so he doesn't shake but when on a bunch of pills he has slurred speech and bumps into walls and acts drunk.

  • bionicmatt68
    bionicmatt68 robin20057

    Posted

    Hi Robin , 

    That kind of dosage isnt unusual . Are your husbands symptoms being controlled by this amount  or is he very much 'off ' and 'on' ? It could be that you need to discuss treatment options with doctor 

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