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Thanks for responding. We did, indeed, to go the MD yesterday and he increased the Sinemet. We'll see what happens now. > I was diagnosed with Parkinsons about 4 years ago also > and I also was told I had Peripheral Neuropathy. I > was given medication (neurontin) and I didn't do well > on that. I have since gone to another neurologist and > have been given more medication for the parkinsons and > it seems to have helped. My feet still hurt when I > haven't been walking for awhile. I would check with > the Doctor about the dose of Sinement and whether it > should be increased. > > > --- lacewell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > My husband (56) has just been diagnosed with > > Parkinson. He has been having > > nerve problems for the past several years. He has > > not had tremors. He has > > a neurogenic bladder that will not empty on its own, > > so he is on self-cath. > > He had a DX of peripheral neuropathy (autonomic, > > sensory and motor ) from > > two neurologists. About 6 months ago, his condition > > began worsening - but > > no other diagnosis until our family doctor diagnosed > > Parkinson last week. > > Does anyone know if Parkinson causes peripheral > > neuropathy? Nothing I can > > find in the literature so far has linked the two. I > > am wondering if he is > > dealing with two illnesses here. The medication > > (Sinemet) which he has been > > taking for a week now helps the Parkinsonian symtoms > > somewhat, but his > > balance and gait and nerve problems remain. Any > > ideas you can give us or > > any direction in which to go will be much > > appreciated. We are scheduled to > > see another neurologist in a few weeks. > > > > Thanks > > > > Katie and Russ Lacewell > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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