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As to the original question of which (or if) PD meds exacerbate festination,
any answers to that query?

Carole M.

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From: Murray Charters <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Sunday, August 18, 2002 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: Permax causes festination?


On 18 Aug 2002 at 16:18, Bruce Anderson wrote:

> What in the heck is festination - or don't i want to know...?
>

Hi Bruce,

festinant
Rapid; hastening; accelerating.
Origin: L. Festino, to hasten
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?festinant

festinating gait
Gait in which the trunk is flexed, legs are flexed
at the knees and hips, but stiff, while the steps
are short and progressively more rapid;
characteristically seen with parkinsonism
and other neurologic diseases.

Synonym: festination.

festination
Synonym: festinating gait.
Origin: L. Festino, to hasten

Sooooo.......... festination is the walking in rapid, short,
shuffling steps that many Parkinsonian's eventually
experience...

cheers ............ murray

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