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In response to the questtion about the drug Artane. I have been on the drug for about 20 yrears and have only expierenced the normal side effects of dry mouth, I have little or no tremor to speak of. In combination with my other Parkinson's medications Parlodel,Sinemet 25/100 and Sinemet CR, Amantadine, it improves the rigidity factor of my Parkinson's. I have had only one problem and that was about 5 years ago when I changed doctors and that was very traumatic. The doctor decided that he was going to take Artane away from me and he did it by cutting me off cold turkey. I told him that it should be done in a slow manner but he was adimante that he was correct. Well to make a long story short I ended up in the hospital totally rigid and spent almost a week getting back to where I was before. He couldn't figure out why it happened. It doesn't take a geneious to figure out why. To say the least he isn't my doctor any more. I guess I should accept partial responsibility for the situation but normally the doctor should know what he is doing. I hope that this incident will be helpfull to someone on this list who ask the question about Artane. Regards, Russell Ahlstrom ( Ihave had Parkinson's for 30 years being diagnosed at age 21. I am now 51 years of age. Russe23681@AOL>COM Director / Parkinson's Education Program Mankato MN