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Dr/ Eloise Banez. Family Practice. Experience with PD. I don't know - perhaps none. janet marie paterson wrote: > At 11:02 PM 2000/01/23 -0500, you wrote: > >Wayne Shirley, age 65, weitht 145 lbs (lost 40 pounds in one year) > > whose care has he been under for that length of time? > what type of doctor? what experience with pd? > > >REcent dosage: > >sinemet - one CR 50.200 three times daily ( 9 am, 1 pm and 5 pm) > >Haldol: Prescribed as needed for agitation: 2 mg by injection every four > >hours. Given three injections in two weeks (jan 8th, 15th, and 17th) > >Risperdal: 1 mg/dose at 8 am and 5 pm. This medication was stopped on Jan > >15th since he was becoming extremely sleepy. Then resumed on the 21st at 0.5 > >mg/dose at 9 am and 5 pm > >Ativan: 1 mg injection every 6 hours as needed or 1 mg by mouth as needed. > >Three injections were issued. On the 21st there was one injection. And two > >injections were administered on the 22nd. > > these meds are contra-indicated for pd > who prescribed them? > who diagnosed your brother's pd in the first place? > > this all sounds dangerously ignorant > > please read joe's story on my website ["first things first"] > don't let what happened to joe happen again > > >He fell twice on the 21st and twice more on the 22nd. > >He is now in the hospital and the doctor is trying to > >get him committed to an asylum or another geriatric facility. > >He is supsected of also having alzheimers.... > > his falls and his cognitive 'problems' sound to me most likely related > to his meds and their interactions > > this should be checked into thoroughly and immediately as a first step > by someone well versed in neurology and movement disorders in general > and pd in particular > > the pd rules which save lives: titration + education > > >I am in the process of getting his affairs straight so he can qualify > >for medicaid and then get him with me in North Carolina. It appears as > >if I am running out of time.... > > you and he just might be... > which is why we are all here now > > there but for grace, go i... > > janet > > janet paterson > 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset > a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ > 613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0