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Henry, Reglan is contraindicated in PD - it depletes Dopamine. A fellow nurse friend of mine had suddenly developed strange symptoms that caused our fellow workers to comment on how quickly she had gone down hill. When I saw her for the first time in weeks, I was shocked. She clearly had all of the symptoms of PD. When I questioned her about any new changes in her life or medication had occurred over the past 6 weeks, she told me that she had been taking Reglan on her doctor's recommendation. She associated the symptoms with the Reglan, but her doctor kept insisted that the medication wasn't the cause. When I told her that she should consider stopping the Reglan regardless of what the doctor had said and relayed that Reglan was contraindicated in PD she made a decision to stop the drug. Within 2 weeks she was back to her old self. This woman is probably already dopamine depleted and may developed PD eventually - but she is fine for the time being. --------- God bless Mary Ann (CG Jamie 68/28 with PD, died 11/20/07) www.bentwillowfarm.org >I know we all react differently and no one can diagnose over the internet >but I don't have much in the way of information sources. > > i was diagnosed 2 weeks ago- the doctor took almost 5 minutes to tell me I > had Parkinsons - give me a script for ropinerole and tell me to come back > in 2 months.He mentioned I might want to check the internet. Being > realistic- I was in shock and I may not have listened to much else. > > I called Park Foundation - they gave me names of 2 experts( movement > disorder specilists) in New Mexico (I'm south of Albuquerque) One dr gave > me an appt in 3 months - the other Dr is not taking new patients. > > So, I've read info from Parkinsons Foundation and subscribed to this list. > > 2 weeks prior to diagnosis, I started Reglan for gastro paresis. Reglan > is great UNLESS you have Park. So, during the 2 weeks of Reglan, I went > from 'functional' (going to work, etc) to barely able to dress myself. Its > been 2+ weeks since I have stopped the Reglan - but I have not completely > recovered from that. > QUESTION - anyone else have Reglan problems ?? and did stopping the Reglan > get you back to normal? > > I was told the only thing I could now do for gastro paresis was to eat > smaller meals - more often. I have daily pain. I have greatly 'healthied' > up my diet - lost 20 lbs. > > I am slow and weak - arms are the worst. I'm off work now. The 2+ weeks of > ropinerole improved a bit but its not a huge improvement- can't yet think > about returning to work. > > QUESTION - does heat ,exercise, cold , etc seem to make things better?? > or worse? > > I have no idea how much if any I can expect to restore some of my > functions. Yesterday, I did ride my horse for the first time in 6 weeks- > that was a huge gift to my spirit. > > Any comments or encouragements are appreciated.. > > Henry > in sunny Los Lunas > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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