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Emily, I don't know all the symptoms of PD, but I have no problem with appetite. I stay very busy and physically active into my 5th year of treatment at 73. I infer from your message that your mother lives alone. Single elderly often don't eat well because it's not fun to cook and clean up for only yourself. They have to establish a different meal and social pattern to provide an incentive to get the proper nutrition. As to the medication, take to medicine only a few minutes prior to the meal. If you take it (sinemet or other stuff) on an empty stomach it causes a slight nausea that might be enough to reduce the incentive to fix a decent meal. Bill Lawless ----- Original Message ----- From: Blank, Emily Celia To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 8:21 AM Subject: FW: You are now subscribed to the PARKINSN list >I think she's on the standard medication, levadopa and sinemet(?). My main >concern is that her appetite is very poor which is a relatively recent >development. Her doctor thinks it might be the medication. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn