I apologize if anyone has already received this message. Our Internet gateway here at work was returning oodles of messages as undelivered, including this one. I also didn't receive any replies, so......... ----------------------------------------------------------------- My name is Joel Cooper and my father has been diagnosed with PD. I have been printing messages from this list for him for about a week. As his disease progresses, he is becoming more concerned the side effects of his prescriptions. He has been employed in the pharmaceutical business for over 20 years, so he reads a lot of medical journals. He asked me to ask the members of this list about a particular medicine. In the December 1993 issued of NEUROLOGY (1993;43:2587-2590), in an article entitled "Cabergoline in Parkinson's disease: Long-term follow-up" by G. Lera, MD; J. Vaamonde, MD; M. Rodriguez, MD; and J.A. Obeso, MD, the article abstract states that "we treated 36 patients with motor fluctuations and dyskinesias on chronic levodopa therapy with cabergoline (CBG) once a day for a mean period of 14.2 += 5.8 months. There was a significant increase in the "on" hours and a reduction in "off-period" dystonia." Does anyone have any comments about CBG? Does anyone have any experience or information about it? Pros and con? Side effects? In advance, thank you for your help. (Mail is welcome through the list or direct.) ------------------------------ Joel Cooper [log in to unmask] Nashville, Tennessee, USA ------------------------------