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My husband has had two bouts with gout, but has had no problem with eliminating future episodes by controlling his diet (no anchovies, cheese, sardines, bouillon, gravy). His doctor prescribed a type of calcium medication, I believe -- I cannot find that prescription at the moment -- and it took care of the gout quickly. Recently, I ran across an article stating that PWP's who get gout usually have the most slowly-progressing type of Parkinson's. Good Luck, Sherie In a message dated 8/24/2008 11:00:18 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > I was wondering if any of the PD members on the list have the experience of having gout. Recently I developed the classical tenderness and swelling in my big toe. In researching this disease on the net, I discovered to my surprise that gout can occur as a side-effect of taking levodopa. Since I have been taking this drug every day for five years under 4 different doctors supervision, I feel a little put out that I had to develop the symptom to learn about the side-effect. Yours truly, David **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn