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Can I Become Addicted To Sinemet After Diagnosed With Parkinson ?
Can I become adicted to sinemet as I was diagnosed with parkinsons after a particularly traumatic time in my life. This consequently gave me the symptons asociated with parkinsons. Now my life has settled and I feel a lot calmer I feel that I was wrongly diagnosed. I dont have tremors or rigidty the only thing is a cramp like sensation in my left foot and a feeling of nervousness when it is about 4 to 5 hours after my last dose of sinemet. I am ok in the hours in between and that is why I dont know if it has become a habit taking the pills.
Wed, 24 Jul 2013
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
Your symptoms are interesting. Though addiction is not so common with sinemet (levodopa with carbidopa), dependence to the drug is well known. Many patients with Parkinson's disease require increasing frequency and dose of levodopa over time. This is partly because of worsening of disease severity. However, many people just feel the urge to take it more. So, I think you are suffering from a drug dependence.
Please get back if you require any additional information.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,
My personal URL on this website: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
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Thank you for posting your query.
Your symptoms are interesting. Though addiction is not so common with sinemet (levodopa with carbidopa), dependence to the drug is well known. Many patients with Parkinson's disease require increasing frequency and dose of levodopa over time. This is partly because of worsening of disease severity. However, many people just feel the urge to take it more. So, I think you are suffering from a drug dependence.
Please get back if you require any additional information.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,
My personal URL on this website: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My email: drsudhirkumar@yahoo.com
My blog: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.com/
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