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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