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My husband had an echo-cardiogram done at the hospital where I work last week. The technician knows me so we had a rather open conversation about Parkinson's disease. She cautioned me that she had seen three patients with PD react violently to the Dobutamine Stess test. All three required intervention for severe dyskinesia. I don't know if this reaction has been noted in the literature, or whether anyone out there in cyber-space has had a similar reaction - I'm just reporting her observation. Considering that this technician has have very few PD patients coming in for special tests, I thought I ought to post this alert. It indicates a rather high percentage of adverse reactions in the PD population that she has encountered. She had not noticed the same adverse reaction in any other patients. ----- God bless Mary Ann (CG Jamie 61/21) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn