@A MyParkinsonsTeam Member 1012 Hi, I take 100mg of amantadine twice a day. I have not gained weight as a result of that dosage but my neurologist warned me that the veins would show on my legs in red ,which did happen. I also have dry mouth and dry nose and a slight loss of balance which are other side effects of this drug. I have an appointment with my neurologist on April 20 th and I'm going to see if there's an alternate medication that I can take instead of amantadine.,The research that I did so far did not provide any results. If you want to check back with me on the 21st of April I'll let you know what he had to say on alternate med. or some sort of medication cocktail that could be used instead of amantadine. I was taking 3 capsule originally and had the same problem of blurred vision.That problem went away when I reduced it to 2 instead of 3per day. Hope this helps

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I take the liquid form half a dose in the morning, half at night. I have had blurring of vision and weight gain. splitting the dose has helped with the blurring.

At sunshine: Good eve!
I have been on Amantadine for yrs. Never had problems with excessive weight
issues.☺

Hi Sunshine, I have been on Amantadine 100 since i was diagnosed with PD (3 years ago ) and have not had any problems at all! No weight gain , nothing at all. For me it works, just try it.Gundi

Hi Sunshine, I tried that drug a while back and could not take it because of some side effects. Just cannot remember what they were but it was not any weight gain. If I am not mistaken, it made my driving hard. I stayed on it a week and got off. You can always try it and get off if it does not work for you. You never know unless you try. Bean