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I tried to send this message a few weeks ago, but I don't know if I did it correctly. Please bear with me, if you're seeing it again. I'm interested in knowing something about permax. How does it differ/compare to other PD medications. My 81 yr. old mother, diagnosed last year, has shown extreme and rare sensitivity to eldepryl and sinement. She is now on permax alone, a low dosage. She reports that she feels less fatigue, but it very unsteady on her feet still, and sees little positive change in that area. Can anyone tell me how permax works? Also, her doctor has not recommended physical therapy. Does anyone have any suggestions about physical therapy? Her dr. is a neurologist not specializing in pd, although she did see someone at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation who is a pd specialist, and he helped to get the medications worked out. Unfortunately, he is only a consulting physician,not the one she sees regularly. If people on this list, more experienced with pd issues, think physical therapy is a good idea, I will urge her to talk to her regular physician and to the pd specialist if the regular physician isn't receptive. (As you might guess from reading between the lines, I'm not too thrilled with the neurologist, who seems to feel that it's not worth the bother to figure out how to feel better. But I'm 200 miles away and don't know a whole lot about all of this, which is why I'm on this very helpful list.) Thanks for any responses. Theresa Ammirati, [log in to unmask]