I would say now is the time to do that. He clearly needs l I am curious as to why 2 or 3 weeks later he has to go to the hospital? In my experience, after I got my diagnosis, got put on an l-dopa regimin and I was fine. We had to work with my neurologist to fine tune the dosage. But the only time I have been back to the hospital in 3 years has been to determine if the l-dopa pump would worlk for me and set an initial dosaage, and a year later just to a "reunion" of Pump-kins to give feedback to the company behind the device about t how it was working and what additional features might be warranted.But this rapid, repetitive decline seems very odd to me. Does the doctor give l-dopa to take at home? What does he say about your husban's relapses? Why are they happening? Did you received directions about taking L-dopa pills (e.g., you must fast 2 hour before taking them and 1 hour after taking them because the digestive process will weaken their efectiveness. In some cases people who are takng l-dop also decide to take Vitamin B a,d some of the additives in supplements like this cancel out the effectivensss of the L-dopa so be sure to bring a list o f anything your husband might be taking j- including food supplements and Over the Counter drugs because there may be some interactions among them and any l-dopa he may be taking.