I am wondeing if the pain is caused by the medication. I was thinking if
stopping the medication or change of medicine might help in relieving the
pain.
Raj
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From: "Eileen Duncan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 8:26 AM
Subject: Any ideas on help for abdominal pain?


> Can anyone help me with ideas? I have the early stages of Parkinson's (I'm
> 64, diagnosed 2002 and now taking madopar (prolopa) and ropinirole
(requip))
> and have suffered a considerable amount of abdominal pain. It is difficult
> to describe the pain - it affects my whole tummy area and feels as though
my
> nerves are getting pulled with increasing ferocity as it gets steadily
> worse. I find that it is worse when I sit down or lie down, but after a
> certain time of lying down it gradually relaxes. It is worse in the
morning
> than the evening. My other symptoms are a runny right eye and feeling very
> dizzy - especially in the mornings, and also my feet seem to get affected
by
> the pain as it increases and they become very hot and uncomfortable. I
also
> get the occasional stiff back and neck etc which is usual in Parkinson's
and
> nothing in comparison with the abdominal pain. The dizziness and the pain
in
> abdomen and feet all started before I was diagnosed and before any
> medication.
>
> It is with me all the time now unless I take zopiclone (imovane) 7.5mg
> sleeping pills. At the moment I have one at night and 2 halves during the
> day (so I can face a meal). I have found that pain-killing tablets
> (cocodamol and coproxamol) each worked a bit for a while but now no longer
> work. I've also taken buprenorphine (temgesic), which had no effect, and
> fentanyl patches (duragesic), which did but which I had to stop because it
> made me very sick.
>
> We have read a report by Robin Fross at
> http://www.wpda.org/articles/advn_mng/iod/abdominal_pain.html which
> describes almost exactly the pain I feel.
>
> I have been investigated with a barium enema, a colonoscopy, ultrasound
and
> a CT scan of pelvis and abdomen - all with negative results.
>
> This obviously restricts my life style enormously and makes it impossible
> for my husband and me to go out anywhere.
>
> So I wonder if anyone out there has suffered the same type of pain and has
> found a way round it. I desperately need a solution - to be free of pain
and
> get my life back.
>
> I did ask the group about this a year ago, and although several people
> answered, none of the replies actually helped me with the problem.
>
>     Eileen
>
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