Sharon asked about this months ago, but I just rediscovered the question, which I had flagged as important, LOL, Another down-side is the cost and bother of having a refill every six to nine weeks. Them 20% co-pays add up. To understand why I gave up, you need to know why I got it in the first place. My spasticity manifested in several ways: Excess tone in the right lower leg [pulling the ankle inward,] Knee jerks - usually violent and not much else. I could live with the knee jerks, but the excess tone was crippling me. [About the same time I had the pump implant, I had surgery to address the ankle problems.] Dr. Kerr assured me that the pump would relieve the tone; so did the surgeon that put it in. It didn't. After 34 increases in dose over 52 months taking the daily dose from 50 ug to 1250 ug, I was still waking in the morning with an overnight clubbing of the foot. I am now holding at 700. HOWEVER, I have since developed a spasticity symptom I didn't have before. Every night, when I wake after a few hours of sleep, both thighs & hamstrings are hard as oak; the kneecap is pulled at both ends. I can still flex both at the hip, but the right knee cannot flex unless I manually pull the calf back. By the time I am ready to get up, both legs are functioning. Sometimes I take 8 mg of Zanaflex/tizanidine - very effective. I have not been bothered by knee jerks for over a year. Alton On Feb 22, 2006, at 11:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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