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Hi Jeannie, You will probably receive more feedback than you ever hoped for. No sense raising astink over something that the CHinese call "Hung Chow". It is one of issues that we PWP expewrience at the chronic level. Let me paly the part of a stool pigeon for a moment. Sometime syou can't help but to force the issue. BUt be aware of the asociated problems that can resuklt in extended bouts of constipation. Too much time on the ivory throne can cause the development of henrhoids. Ive neve rhad one but then again i take a large anmount of sh.....suplements. but i had beter not go to far into that. I personally have been impacte dby this phenomenon which occurs by the dimenishing perstolic action of the colon. It begins to fail at ita normel task of moving stuff from pint A to popint B. I will share some of my secrets.: INcreased amountsd of liquids helps the passage of time on the throne. Nightly I take a product that has an exlax efect but without the dependecy warning s that is found on the exlax and otehr laxative products labels. it shal remin nameles les i become castigated by the watchers of the list. Ocasional us eof supositories, store in a cool dark place so as not to dissolve only to be well eventualy store in places to be dissolved. I make my own granola type of cereal which has a very high fiber content to it. This i eat regularly and it asists me likewise. The recipe for which could be made availbale but certainly not for sale. and a good book anmd aclose door(s) betwen me and my wife. I have been known to grunt whil;e i am uhhh... on tyhe throne and this sound of extended determination is ofensive her to her ear anbd with any hope to her olfactories eventualy. If I am lucky. Please, if you cant see the tongue incheek humor in this see your doctor. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeannie Leroux" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 10:39 AM Subject: Constipation > My husband, Gordon, has lately been having problems with constipation. He > takes the maximum dose of stool softeners and eats dried prunes and other > fruit. When he is trying to move his bowels, the symptoms of the Parkinson's > increases, and he gets very upset. I have urged him to increase his fluids > which he is doing -- especially if I gently nag a bit. He was diagnosed with > PD in 1996 and started meds in 1997. Presently he is on carb/ledopa 10/100, > mirapex, selegiline, CR sinemet at bedtime, and comtan. The comtan was added > gradually at Christmas time and the last increase was the end of January. In > the last three weeks the constipation has gotten very bad. He is sure it is > from the comtan. From what I have read the comtan has diarrhea is as common > side effect. I have a call into the doctor's office and am waiting for a > return. Has anyone else had problems with constipation or noticed it with > comtan? Thank you in advance. > Jeannie Leroux > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn