Went to the doctor yesterday and he put me on new Amantadine drug. I know I mentioned it way back when on this site but it was pretty new then and no one knew too much about it. How about now, anyone taking this? Bean
I admitted myself to the the rehab hospital, in Ogden UT, they specialize in PD. I was there for 3 weeks because Dyskinesia was intolerable. The Therapists were great, but the doctors did not know what to do with me. The tremors were disabling, I remember sitting in a chair just shaking not being able to move just shake. This is when I told them that a boxing buddy was taking Entacapone 200 mg along with her carbidopa-levodopa 25-100 mg and to amanadine 100 mg at 6:00 a.m. and at noon. This regiment has worked since. I have off times just before y next dose and my neurologist tried to adjust my doses of carb/lev taking more often, 1every 2 hours instead of 1 every 3 hours but the Dyskinesia came back throwing my gate off again. I am due for my noon pills now its 11:45 and am swaying from side to side with the Dyskinesia, not horribly though. I get up early around 4:00 a.m. and I shake some then, no meds till 6. and I do meditation and breathing, and this morning I was able to relax my tremor in my foot and meditate for 20 more min before my med at 6:00, maybe a freak accident i don't know yet. But the meds are a guessing game everyone is different.
Me too! The Amantadine side effects-the hallucinations and worsening of symptoms was scary!
Amantadine gave me hallucinations and worsened my PD symptoms.
One thing that stands out in the post that I sent 8 days ago is that the $175 is for over the counter supplement drug at NO cost to the person. The only qualifier is that your on Medicaid and Medicare. That's it! It is a medicaid advantage plan I got confirmation back from CMS. sO ITS ON THE LEVEL. Really 3500 on hearing aids. We all are on medicaid and medicare aren't we? 1-(Phone number can only be seen by the question and answer creators)
Raffeal. ( hope i spelled his name right. hugs Rosie