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John thanks but i am not on meds yet--just dx 11 months ago. Anyone else not on meds who experiences worse symptoms with antibiotics? Or perhaps, my symptoms just worsened coincidentally with the antibiotic. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Chan" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 11:34 PM Subject: Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > hi, > regarding Raj's experience with antibiotics,the same thing happens to some > members of our support group.we don't have a scientific explanation.but some > of us believe that the antibiotics had wiped out the benign bacteria in our > digestive system thereby reducing our capability to absorb the l-dopa. > john from vancouver > > > > > > >From: Brightline <[log in to unmask]> > >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > ><[log in to unmask]> > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 22:30:39 -0300 > > > >Hi! > > I find my PD symptoms worsen when I take any antibiotic. > > Raj > >*********** > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "John Levin" <[log in to unmask]> > >To: <[log in to unmask]> > >Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 9:14 PM > > > > > > > Hi, > > > I have had mild to moderate Parkinson's for approx.10 years which has > >been > > > well controlled with Sinemet CR and Pergalide. > > > I recently begun a course of chemotherapy for carcinoma of the breast. > > > After my second lot of chemotherapy my Parkinson's seems to have become > > > much worse. Most of the time I can't walk. Increasing my medication > >doesn't > > > seem to help. I will have my last lot of chemotherapy in 4 weeks time. > > > Has anyone else had this experience? > > > Veronica Levin > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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