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Living with Parkinson's Disease - Meet others & come say hi
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Hello @jflamini,
I find it so encouraging to read your reply to @janetgeller9. Your post describes all of the ways you and your wife have adjusted to this "new normal" in your lives.
Your determination to maintain physical conditioning is important. It has been said that exercise is an important adjunct to medication in slowing the disabilities of PD. I also follow some chair yoga programs on YouTube which hacw been very beneficial to me.
You mention that your movement disorder specialist has prescribed a sophisticated drug regimen. Do you mind sharing more about the medications that have been helpful to you? What are the most troublesome symptoms you and your wife experience now?
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Would love to share our drug regiment. I am early in my diagnosis to I take 25/100 Carbidopa-levodopa two to three times a day as needed. My wife's regiment is more sophisticated as follows:
Carbidopa-levodopa 25/100 MG four times per day
Entacopone 200 MG two times per day to enhance the Carbidopa
Mirapex 1 MG Once per day to enhance Carbidopa
Selegiline 5 MG Twice per day to enhance Carbidopa
Gocovri (formerly Amantadine) 137 MG Two capsules per day for dyskinesia
Apoken (Apomorphine HCI) 30 MG Injection for freezing as needed
Trazodone 50 MG Two tablets sat night to sleep
Vitamin C 100 MG
Vitamin D3 50 MCG