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I am wondeing if the pain is caused by the medication. I was thinking if stopping the medication or change of medicine might help in relieving the pain. Raj ******* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eileen Duncan" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 8:26 AM Subject: Any ideas on help for abdominal pain? > Can anyone help me with ideas? I have the early stages of Parkinson's (I'm > 64, diagnosed 2002 and now taking madopar (prolopa) and ropinirole (requip)) > and have suffered a considerable amount of abdominal pain. It is difficult > to describe the pain - it affects my whole tummy area and feels as though my > nerves are getting pulled with increasing ferocity as it gets steadily > worse. I find that it is worse when I sit down or lie down, but after a > certain time of lying down it gradually relaxes. It is worse in the morning > than the evening. My other symptoms are a runny right eye and feeling very > dizzy - especially in the mornings, and also my feet seem to get affected by > the pain as it increases and they become very hot and uncomfortable. I also > get the occasional stiff back and neck etc which is usual in Parkinson's and > nothing in comparison with the abdominal pain. The dizziness and the pain in > abdomen and feet all started before I was diagnosed and before any > medication. > > It is with me all the time now unless I take zopiclone (imovane) 7.5mg > sleeping pills. At the moment I have one at night and 2 halves during the > day (so I can face a meal). I have found that pain-killing tablets > (cocodamol and coproxamol) each worked a bit for a while but now no longer > work. I've also taken buprenorphine (temgesic), which had no effect, and > fentanyl patches (duragesic), which did but which I had to stop because it > made me very sick. > > We have read a report by Robin Fross at > http://www.wpda.org/articles/advn_mng/iod/abdominal_pain.html which > describes almost exactly the pain I feel. > > I have been investigated with a barium enema, a colonoscopy, ultrasound and > a CT scan of pelvis and abdomen - all with negative results. > > This obviously restricts my life style enormously and makes it impossible > for my husband and me to go out anywhere. > > So I wonder if anyone out there has suffered the same type of pain and has > found a way round it. I desperately need a solution - to be free of pain and > get my life back. > > I did ask the group about this a year ago, and although several people > answered, none of the replies actually helped me with the problem. > > Eileen > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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