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Cheers, 

Bill
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: William Harshaw 
  To: [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 6:19 AM
  Subject: REPOST: (Revised) MAKE YOUR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT MORE PRODUCTIVE


  MAKING YOUR APPOINTMENT WITH THE MOVEMENT DISORDERS

  SPECIALIST MORE PRODUCTIVE

  Take along a list of your Parkinsonian medications as in the following table:



        DRUG
       STRENGTH
       DOSE PER DAY
       SINCE*
       ANY CHANGES**
       
        Sinemet CR
       200/50
       4 tablets
       March 1995
       nil
       
        Permax
       1 mg
       2 tablets
       March 1995
       nil
       
        Permax
       .25 mg
       2 tablets
       Sep. 99
       nil
       



  date began taking medication 

  ** date medication dose adjusted up or down

  Also take a list of any non-Parkinson perscription medications



        DRUG
       STRENGTH
       DOSE PER DAY
       SINCE
       ANY CHANGES
       
        Imovane
       7.5 mg
       1 tablet
       Dec 1993
       stopped Sep. 1999
       

       
       
       
       
       

       
       
       
       
       


  Also take a list of any over-the-counter non-perscription medications, vitamins, herbals and any complementary or alternative therapies (e.g.: acupuncture, naturopathy, homeopathy)


        ITEM
       STRENGTH
       FREQUENCY
       SINCE
       ANY CHANGES
       
        multi-vitamins
       Centrum select, 50+
       1 daily
       Jan 99
       
       
        Vitamin C
       Jameson, 1000 mg
       1 daily
       Jan 99
       
       
        Evening Primrose
       Quest 1000 mg
       1 daily
       Jan 99
       stopped Oct 99
       




  List any other physicians - including psychiatrists - you are seeing together with why you are seeing them and a consent for yor MDS to consult the other doctors.

  List, as objectively as you can, your symptom progression since your last appointment.

  Ask about any upcoming clinical trials

  Ask any questions about your condition, having first taken the time to wrte them down.

  Ask every physician you see for a copy of his/her reporting letter or file note after each visit. Also - and this can get expensive - get copies of X-rays, CAT, MRI and PET scans. These are to better inform you - you are legally entitled to them - and to show your MDS should (s)he wish to see them. (A patient with this sort of documentation is treated seriously by doctors because you treat your condition seriously.)

  Tale along a tape recorder and tape your appointment. Doing this ensures that you won't forget any important things your doctor says.

  Give your MDS and/or his/her clinical nurse specialist/nurse practitioner a copy of this information sheet. They'll tank you for it.