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Has anyone had problems with Entacapone (Comtan) side effects.

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I have tried using ENTACAPONE 2 times. This time I used it for 4 weeks. I was taking 1 200 mg tablet every 4 hours 6 times a day. It did it's job it extended my on time about 30 minutes from 3 hours to 3 hours 30 minutes. But the side effects were not worth it. My legs stared to hurt almost all the time. I had muscle spasms every night. I started getting depressed a lot.

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I didn't like the possible side effects, so I quit after three days. Risking vomiting and diarrhea didn't seem conducive to healing MY pd gut.

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johntPM

Was entacapone just added to your drug regimen or did it replace something?

What titration process did you go through?

John

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Hikoi

Bailey when I took it I couldnt go above 4dday without feeling yuk.

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Lynne1946

Yes-I took 2 pills and started crying all day. The next day I had vomiting and diarrhea.

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Bailey_Texas in reply to Lynne1946

I had the same problem with Rytary as i have with entacapone. With Rytary i woke up around 2 am and could not talk all that came out was gibberish. I could read anything out loud

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