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Dear Kathrynne, Thank you very much for your e-mail and your suggestion. Unfortunately my father lives in Vietnam and there is really no neurologist specializing in movement disorders in Vietnam(no offense). But I'll go online and ask Dr. Abe Lieberman to see what would he say. Yen "Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Dear Yen, >Your father has been diagnosed with PD for five years, yet >is only taking 300 mg of levodopa daily. It's possible that >he is undermedicated. > >It's also possible that the "passing out" episodes are due >to orthostatic hypotension, which can occur with PD >medications. Is his physician a neurologist specializing in >movement disorders? That is extremely important for his >well-being as PD advances. As PD progresses, it becomes >increasingly harder to prescribe exactly the right >medications in the right amounts. > >I suggest you might e-mail your question to Dr. Abe >Lieberman, a leading neurologist specializing in Parkinson's >disease. > >If you'd like to do so, go to the NPF website: > >http://www.parkinson.org/ > >scroll down the page and click on > >Ask Dr. Abe Lieberman, NPF Medical Director > >Follow the directions, and you'll be able to e-mail Dr. >Lieberman >directly. He usually responds within 48 hours. > >My very best regards, >Kathrynne > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.