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I'm really sorry to hear about your brother.  I hope that getting the
right medications will set him on the road to recovery.
Scott Burnett
Stockton California
On Sunday, March 31, 2002, at 07:09 PM, Larry Wilson wrote:

> Hello.  I am Larry Wilson brother to John Wilson who has Parkinson's
> Disease
> (PD).  John is 67 and practically bed ridden.  He just recently had a
> stomach "pipe" put in for food intake.  he has had trouble swallowing
> for 3
> to 4 years and finally got pneumonia from food getting into lungs.  He
> can
> walk with help.  He was being cared for in the home but now there is
> consideration for a nursing home.  He cannot talk....although he almost
> does.  He has all the classic symptoms of PD.  Walking, talking,
> swallowing.
> His bathroom habits are also affected.  I believe he can read and
> comprehend
> although I do not know to what degree
>
> Three years ago he was prescribed Seroquel for aggressiveness.  Last
> year in
> January he had his last prescription of the Seroquel.  I just read where
> that drug could affect PD.
>
> I have just come back from Texas where he is and I am reaching for
> "straws"
> thinking there is something that can be done.  I have read about the
> classic
> symptoms of PD and concluded he fits the disease.
>
> He takes 2.5 mg of Parlodel and 10/100 of Sinemet.  I am hoping he can
> improve but that hope is dwindling.
>
> Larry Wilson
>
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