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Mary Ann.... Lupus is an autoimmune disease. Since my mother had it the last year of her life (mom passed away a year ago) and my sister has it as well as RA, and fibromyalgia, I've researched those diseases off and on for the past coupla years (tho not as much as I've done on PD), and cannot recall even one reference to any Lupus drug causing PD, or in anyway being related to PD. Mind you, this doesn't mean there is no such relationship. It might just mean I didn't come across any articles calling attention to that. Another thing - because my sis's meds are the usual ones for a person having a heavily out-of-whack autoimmune system (she's on methotraxate chemo now along with an awful lot of codeine... and my heart just aches for her) and I don't recall her ever mentioning a corralation between any meds she takes or knows about and PD (and she researches for ME just as I do for HER). I'll drop my sister a query about this and see if she's heard anything. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Mary Ann Ryan <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 6:32 PM Subject: Lupus as a med side effect??? >Just when you think you've heard about every side effect associated with PD >drugs........ > >A friend of mine shared with me that her daughter's boyfriend's father has >PD and developed Lupus from one of his PD meds. Is anyone familiar with >this complication? I've asked to her to find out the name of the drug that >caused the problem. In the meantime, I thought I'd ask list members if >anyone has heard of this med side effect? >----- >God bless >Mary Ann