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Charlotte, my husband developed terrible jaw pain secondary to the administration of Mirapex. It took us a while to figure out the cause. We decreased the dose of Mirapex until the pain went away - on a low dose (1 mgm per day) my husband receives the benefit of tremor control without the side effects of confusion and dystonia (muscle spasms anywhere in the body that causes severe pain). Sometimes it is incombant upon the user to find the correct dose of medication - doctors can't anticipate the idiosyncracies of every patient. Talk with your mom's doctor about trying to regulate her dose of meds - I'll bet that he will be amenable. Please do not add any herbal supplements to your mom's drug regimen until you can sort out the cause of her pain. Adding meds without taking a second look at her dose of Mirapex will only confuse the issue. Also, please be aware that a negative cardiac stress test does not completely rule out heart disease. My husband had two stress tests in the last two years - both were negative. The last one was administered three months to the day of his coronary and subsequent quintuple bypass surgery this last October. His cardiologist told me that he couldn't understand how my husband was alive with all of the coronary occlusions he suffered. When I asked how his stress test was negative in the face of his severe coronary artery disease, I was told that if the occlusions occur on both sides of the heart equally, then a stress test will be negative. If you think your mother has coronary artery disease, ask that she see a cardiologist for a final opinion. ---------- God bless Mary Ann Ryan (CG Jamie 63/23) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn