Hi Trekster. I came across a patient last week, who is on sinemet and pexola. He takes the pexola to stop the dyskinesia, which he has because of the high dosage of sinemet. He is having severe hallucinations and he was advised by his neurologist to stop taking the pexola, which causes the hallucinations. He says that when he stops the pexola his dyskinesia is so bad that he cannot function at all. He obviously has to take less sinemet but hell, I'm not a neurologist. I am astounded every time I hear of cases like this. Is your gran on any other medication, other than levodopa?
Hi trekster. No Pd medication affects the progression of Pd. So! Whether you take any of the medication or not, it will not slow the Pd down, at best it will only temporarily relieve one or two of the symptoms of the Pd. If your gran has not noticed any improvement in any of her symptoms then she might as well stop taking it. I don't know if anyone else has had hallucinations from taking any of the levodopa medications, perhaps someone can help me on this one.
Not sure where you live or what is your view about medical cannabis. In any case have a look to these links and be surprised. Keep any eye too on the use of medical cannabis/marijuana for Parkinson in Israel.
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By the way regarding synthetic Levodopa you might want to have a look to Mucuna Pruriens (natural Levodopa). Have a look to the forum link regarding Mucuna Pruriens.
My husband's hallucinations and delusions were controlled pretty well by Rivastigmine. It worked well for 2 and a half years. However, during the last 6 months they have returned again. Worth asking your doctor about.
Just heard grans been on 2 different types of antibiotics and her sleeping is better. She's had better nights but im really annoyed with the hospital that didn't make sure something inside her wasn't changed. As a result it was seeming with bacteria when it came out 2 months later!
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