Anatadine side effects

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superman888

25 Jan 2013

Is it called Amantadine? If so I have never heard of it, but looking at the wiki page it says it is used for Parkinson's. Considering she has PSP and not Parkinson's then this drug is more a shot in the dark. If it causes side effects then contact your doctor.

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MJ-Mark

26 Jan 2013

My dad takes liquid amantadine twice a day, no ill side effects here. At first, we believe it helped him, but he is getting worse with each passing week.

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lomalle

2 Feb 2013

sorry to hear about your dad getting works mark, is he able to walk atall?

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heinrich

26 Jan 2013

my wife is taking Amantadine. From first 200mg a day she takes 250 mg a day.
Without Amantadine she woulldn't be able to do anything. If she takes too much, she becomes restless.
It was difcult for her, to open her mouth. 25mg more Amantadine had helped her, to
eat and swallow better.
Heinrich

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Eileen9

26 Jan 2013

I took Amantadine for 6 weeks and had many side effect from it. Overall I felt Ill and thought I had a flu of some kind. I slept a lot, completely lost my appetite, had blurred vision, headaches,,and severe dizzy spells. For some reason I did not associate these problems with my meds as I had not had problems with medicine before. Once the light bulb went on, i stopped taking Amantadine and felt 100% better.

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lomalle

2 Feb 2013

Eileen, thanks for your reply. Sorry you've had a lot of problems with this drug but pleased to hear you have stopped taking it and feel much better. Mum has stopped taking it was doing more harm than good.

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villagebabe

26 Jan 2013

I will try again, I guess I lost the first message before it got posted. all I said was that this sounds like all who have psp hear. That they are all different and react differently! hope these blogs have been helpful...they are all good. Lucille

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bubbie

29 Jan 2013

my husband has been on amantadine for a long time .we havenot seen any side affects either. he also was on a study drug for this whole year and was doing much better. now he is off it i see a decline we just learned that he had the placebo drug which we were so surprised as he was doing so much better. we so upset that the drug didnt work . this was the duvinitide drug. there is just nothing out there for psp.patients. please answer me bubbie

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lomalle

2 Feb 2013

hi bubbie, thanks for your reply. Sorry to hear about this placebo drug etc. No, there isn't much out there for psp sufferers, it's terrible in this day and age, i thought they would have come up with something by now. My mum is only taking sinemet with is not doing much.

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bubbie

3 Feb 2013

it is awful that there is no drug to help psp patients. it is so sad watching your partner for 41 yrs. go down hill. im having such a hard time with this. we have been all over to different drs. but no advice on what to do. they have money for so many other illnesses but nothing for psp. most people have never heard about psp. what a shame. take care and be in touch. bubbie

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