Barb, you don't have to have Parkinsonism to have that reaction to combid any
thing like it the exact same thing happened to me years ago. I  could not even
stand the sound of  my husbands breathing or the feel of my PJs. Really awful. I
went into another bedroom and stripped and waited and waited-that form is long
acting. I avoid it and insist that my grown kids do. I know I can insist and
insist and most grown kids do what they want, but they have been warned.
Nita

Barbara Mallut wrote:

> Camilla, Wendy, et al...
>
> Compazine is a MAJOR "no-no" for folks having PD!!  It can exacerbate the PD
> symptoms to an unbelievable level of discomfort!
>
> I'd discovered, many years prior to the accident and subsequent
> hospitalization, that I had adverse reactions to Compazine 'cause I'd been
> given a drug called "COMBID," a drug composed partly of Compazine, during my
> second pregnancy about 30 years ago, and had a terrible reaction.  There was
> PD-like tremor, stiffness, and hallucinations which lasted several days after
> Id' stopped taking the Combed.
>
> At that time, my MD told me I was "allergic" to Compazine, and to NEVER take
> it again.  Heeding his words, thereafter, when giving my personal medical
> information to a doctor or hospital, I ALWAYS stated I was allergic to
> Compazine and to drugs containing Compazine.
>
> In my "pre-diagnosis-but-having-some-undiagnosed-PD-symptoms-days"  I was
> given Compazine in error while in the hospital due to a horseback riding
> accident.
>
> That experience was one of the single-most terrible medical-related episodes
> I've EVER had!!  It was absolutely NO consolation to me when the MD and
> charge nurse both came into my room - where I was all a-tremor, clawing at my
> skin which felt  "creepy," and thought I was floating on the ceiling - and
> apologized, saying I'd mistakenly been given Compazine the previous night by a
> nurse who hadn't correctly read my chart which clearly stated I was allergic
> to that drug.
>
> I don't know if every Parkies experience with Compazine would be similar to
> mine, but I suspect it would be.
>
> ALSO - people who don't have and NEVER have PD have been known to get
> temporary Parkinson's-LIKE symptoms occasionally when prescribed Compazine.
> This  drug - while beneficial to many - is KNOWN to cause random PD-like
> symptoms to SOME of those prescribed it.  It's not known WHO would get that
> negative reaction until AFTER they get the reaction.
>
> So, based upon MY experience, I'd advise if'n ya have PD, avoid Compazine like
> the plague!!!
>
> Barb Mallut
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> From:   Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Camilla Flintermann
> Sent:   Tuesday, August 18, 1998 6:55 PM
> To:     Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
> Subject:        Re: NEWS:Drug-induced parkinsonism
>
> Wendy-- I think I recall that compazine is a "no-no-drug" for PWPs,
> whatever that says in your situation.
>
> >I KNOW that a severe reaction that I had to the drug compazine years ago
> >definitely had to play a large part in the damage that ultimately led to my
> >pd.  I've had a few people tell me, when I've brought it up, that it only
> >unmasked something that was already there.  That may be true, but I would've
> >much preferred had it been unmasked at 80, rather than 25 or so.  A big
> >difference, in my opinion.
> >
> >Wendy
>
>         Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter  80/9
>         Oxford,OH
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