To: [log in to unmask] I'm a 56 year old male, born and live in Mexico with diagnosed Parkinson's disease since I was 40. No tremor, but rigidity. Reasonably mobile during the day and very disabled the first part of the night. Up to now, responsive to Sinemet but with strong dyskinesia. I take 5 tablets of the 100/25 and 4 half tablets every 1.5 hrs. I also take Permax .25 every 1.5 hrs. I also take Xanax 3mg total per day. Last year strong muscle contractures appeared mainly in the chest, but also in the shoulders and upper back. I was operated of the prostrate gland due to difficulties in initiating urination, but the operation didn't help, and now I have almost constant pain in the pelvic area, specially at night. The urologists I consult say that they don't think it's an obstruction, but the difficulties are due to Parkinson's disease, which causes a "neurogenic" bladder, and that is the cause of erratic behavior of the bladder. What I know of Parkinson is that the disease causes incontinence, but not the opposite, and that pain is rare. I don't know what to do, because if I follow the urologic path, I will be subjected to catheterism, cystoscopy and all the rough procedures that will cause a havoc in my parkinsonism; the neurological approach means that I have to have the unbearable pain with analgesics as the only amelioraton that don't even kill the suffering. Any input about the above and muscle pain in PD will be greatly appreciated. [log in to unmask] Mexico. --- * UniQWK v2.1 * The Solution for Multilingual Messages