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Howdy Ivan, Since I have not yet started my PD medication, I cannot comment on there effects on glucose levels - however I have been an insulin dependant diabetic for 35 years...and have had PD symptoms for 3+ years (last 4 months fairly severe) and I can tell you that my PD symptoms are "twice as bad" when I am having a low blood sugar (glucose) reaction. This leads me to believe that "off" times might be related to low amounts of glucose even in non-diabetics!!??!! Kelly in Calgary ----- Original Message ----- From: Ivan M Suzman <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 1:28 PM Subject: Blood sugar, PD, and off-periods > ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) > Ivan Suzman 50/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) > Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 36 snowy deg. F :-) > ******************************************************************* > Dear friends, > > My blood glucose was measured at 85, and then 26 > just fifteen minutes later,at the doctor's office yesterday. The second > reading > (26) seems too low, as if the blood glucose monitor needed > re-calibration. > > Does anyone know if Sinemet ( or L-dopa) can either > depress or elevate blood sugar? The pharmacy > lieterature supplied to me whenever I get a refilled Rx, > warns of the possibilty of False Positive tests for diabetic patients. > > Is PD the cause of low blood sugar? > > Could off-periods be, or coincide with, low-sugar periods? > > Sometimes, sweet juices diluted with water bring me > out of an off-period, with NO medications. I am now trying > to learn if I am sometimes slightly over-medicated , when all I really > might need is a changed diet, one which frees more sugar to the > blood. > > Would anyone with experience or insight please comment? > Katherynne Holden? > > THANK YOU, > > Ivan Suzman > 50/39/36 >