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What Are Symptoms Of Overmedicating
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posted April 9, 2016
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Agree it depends on the meds but also it is hard to tell how a person responds unless you actually start with a very low dose and increase while keeping almost everything else the same such as time if day and food and amt of wTer consumed. I worked with my dad's doc to adjust his meds waaaay lower. I tracked my dad's reaction and graphed it out in excel. He was given so much carbidop/levodopa that he started to hallucinate a lot. He was told that's just part of dementia and parkinsons and given seroquel to offset the hallucinations. I found that he did not have the hallucinations at all when the carbidopa / levodopa was reduced. I am with him all day everyday so can easily track his reaction though.

posted April 15, 2016 (edited)
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

New onset of dyskinesia is an indication of high amounts of C/L in your system. Most common for people with Parkinson. You should tell your doctor it could be a side effect as well if your symptoms are different. We all react differently
And all drugs have and effect on our bodies not always the one we’re hoping for. Good Luck!!!

posted March 25
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

Depends on the medication. Read the label. Ask the Dr. or pharmacist.
A good article about PD drug side effects. --->. http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/content/side-effec...
Stay active, stay healthy.
--- Jud

posted April 13, 2016

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