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> Nitza Marquez wrote: > My mother is 80 years old and has been a PD patient for seven years. > She is taking Mirapex and Symmetrel three times a day. Recently she > has been suffering from loss of taste even though her smell sense has > not been affected. I took her to a specialist and found nothing wrong > with her. I would like to now if the loss of taste could be another > sympton of the PD or if it is a result of the medications she is > taking. Nitza, loss of taste can occur with medications, it can also occur with aging. Usually, loss of the sense of smell is associated with PD, but everyone is different in that regard. It can also be due to deficiencies of some nutrients -- has your mother's weight changed or has she changed the kind or amounts of foods that she regularly eats? If it affects her appetite, it may help to find out if there are some foods that she can still taste and enjoy, and include some of these foods daily. Best regards, Kathrynne -- Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD Medical nutrition therapy for Parkinson's disease Author: "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease" "Parkinson's disease: interview and assessment tools for nutrition professionals" "Risk for malnutrition and bone fracture in Parkinson'sdisease," J Nutr Elderly. V18:3;1999. http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/