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Nina and all, I prepare extra clothes in both bathrooms, stategically placed, since I have both end-of-dose sweating, and per-dose sweating that appears to be Siinemet-related. Does Madopar causes sweating problems?? Ivan :-) On Sun, 28 May 2000 20:06:50 -0500 "Nina P. Brown" <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Hi, I'm not a doctor or professional, but I take a little > informtation from > here and a little from there and then write the newsletter for our > support > group. This topic was in the newsletter a few months ago, so I > thought I'd > copy it for you. I've also read that when this happens, it's only > perceived, you're not really hot. Altho that answer cam from a > neuro, I > didn't believe it, so I didn't include it in the article! > nina > > I'M BURNING UP AND IT'S NOT EVEN HOT > > I once wrote an article titled "I'm Freezing and It's Not Even > Cold"--now > I'm sweating and it's not even hot. In polite company, it is said > that > "women don't sweat ~ they perspire, glisten or glow." I'm here to > tell > you, with water dripping from my head, that I sweat. After going > through > menopause without hot flashes, I never anticipated that Parkinson's > would > play havoc with my internal temperature controls. > > Parkinson's affects a part of the nervous system that regulates blood > pressure, heart rate, bowel movements, and bladder function as well > as > maintaining body temperature. While not completely understood, > scientists > have found that abnormal sensations of heat or cold, impaired > sweating > responses and hypothermia (low body temperature) can all occur in the > advancing stages of an untreated person with Parkinson's. Some of > these > phenomena disappear with levodopa treatment (Sinemet) which suggests > that > dopamine may play a role in regulating our temperature. Taking a > dopamine > agonist might be beneficial for the severe drenching sweats that > occur at > end-of dose or "off" periods. > > Although it's rarely as severe as in the "off" state, peak dose > dyskinesia > (abnormal movements from high doses of levodopa and/or long term > levodopa > therapy) can also cause sweating. Beta-adrenergic blockers are often > helpful with "off"-period sweating. Sweating may also be caused by > other > physical problems, so be sure to check with your doctor. > > > Carol Gray wrote: > > > DOES ANYONE HAVE THIS PROBLEM WHICH THEY FEEL IS MEDICATION > INDUCED? ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 50/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses deg. F :-) ********************************************************************