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Hi Camila! Thanks for your response. Regards, Nitza -----Original Message----- From: Camilla Flintermann <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sunday, February 04, 2001 5:30 PM >Hi Nitza--- my husband also complains that things don't taste as they >should. Here's what JR Bruman wrote in his article on secondary symptoms of >PD: > > "SMELL AND TASTE: These closely related senses are very >commonly impaired in PD. Insensitivity to smell (anosmia) may >be nearly complete, so that even strong odors, such as that of >gasoline, are barely noticed. The PWP may also develop a >preference for strong flavors in food. " > >Hope that answers your quesztion. > >> Hi! 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. >> Thanks, Nitza Marquez > > >Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 82/70/55 >Oxford, Ohio > <[log in to unmask]> > > on the web at http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/genugten/flinterm.htm > and also at http://www.geocities.com/camillahf/index.html > > "Ask me about the CARE list for Caregivers of Parkinsonians ! " > And visit the CARE webring at >http://www.crosswinds.net/~caregivers/index.html > >