Thank you, George. We will try with ginger-ale. Emily ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Docken" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:04 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Pain from medication/PERMAX > Emily, > Some time ago, a contributer to this list suggested taking non-mealtime > medication with some ginger-ale. Ginger seems to be soothing to the > stomach. It works for me. Regards, George > > > > > > > Emily and Julian Brinac <[log in to unmask]> > Sent by: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > <[log in to unmask]> > 05/14/2002 08:25 AM > Please respond to Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > > > To: [log in to unmask] > cc: > Subject: Fw: Pain from medication/PERMAX > > > I am resending this information as there is no response. Please take > another look. > Emily > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Emily and Julian Brinac > To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 9:37 AM > Subject: Pain from medication > > > To All: > > My husband developed stomach pain after being on Permax for several > months. He was supposed take it 1/2 hour before the meal or 1 hour after > the meal. However, on the bottle we got from the pharmacy it said to take > it with the meal. Because of the stomach pain he started taking it with > the meal. He does not have pain now, but I noticed that his tremors > increased slightly. It is possible that medication is not as well absorbed > with the meal. I wonder if you have similar problems with your medication > how you adjusted to it. Would appreciate your input. > Emily > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn