My cat Socks used to love Fancy Feast Ocean Whitefish. He was a stray and he loved the stuff. I tried more expensive cans as a treat and he said “no”. I buy it in 24 pack pate. He hates the grilled. Recently he won’t touch it. Did I get a bad batch? Did they change the formula?
I’ve taken levadopa (cardopa/levadopa 25/100) for two years in October. There are times it’s obvious within 30 minutes my spastic movements and rigidity stop-those times are rare.
I’ve been using an Ai tool to log symptoms and the trend is at 30 minutes nothing changes in 85% of my episodes and I have to take a 2nd dose. The problem is I find two doses sedating. I can’t take 2 tablets during the day or I will fall asleep. If I don’t physically fall asleep I feel so drowsy I can’t function. If I take more than 2 doses my cognitive functioning drops (think 3 kitchen fires). My neuro is going to ask me if this medication is working and I don’t know how to answer.
Yes it works but I can’t complete ADLs because it’s do sedating; so I’m basically non functioning. Yes it works but the side effects are horrible. Yes it works 15% of the time. If I say that he will simply up the dose and consequently raise the cognitive disfunction. In addition the side effects of inability to sleep, appetite suppressant and Gastro issues make it not so fun.
I’ve had this conversation with him that the side effects are intense and his response was it’s the only thing out there.
Forgive my lack grammar and typing and explaining.
I’ve always had to answer a standard set of questions but this seems more than that. Has the FDA changed something or has Medicare changed its guidelines?