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Thanks for responding, Dee. We went back to the MD yesterday and he increased the dosage of Sinemet. We'll see what happens now. Katie > Dear Katie and Russ, > > In regard to your message about a possible link between Parkinson's and > peripheral neuropathy, I just want to reply that I was diagnosed with both > peripheral neuropathy (a mild case) and Parkinson's. I too take Sinemet and it helps > with my symptoms including the balance problems and gait. I'm not so sure > about it relieving the nerve problems. I deal with a lot of lower back pain, > sciatic nerve pain and general aching in all my muscles. I have very little > tremor. > > A couple years before my diagnosis of Parkinson's I was experiencing severe > burning in the leg muscles and fatigue after moderate physical activity. It > felt like a tremendous lactic acid build up. After what would have been a > normal time spent in the yard doing planting, raking, whatever, I would then have > extreme burning in my leg muscles. At this time I began to think that I had > fibromyalgia. I saw a neurologist who ruled that out. Later I had the tests > done that diagnosed the peripheral neuropathy. > > I don't know how common it is to have these two conditions together. My > neurologist prescribed "Neurontin" to help with the nerve/muscle pain. I took it > for awhile but eventually decided to quit taking it. I was hearing too many > negative reports about it here on the web. I now take "Naproxen" for the pain > and I think it helps. I believe it has the same active ingredient in it as > does "Aleve". > > I hope that this helps some and good luck with your visit to your new > neurologist. > > Dee > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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