Alan, Thanks for sharing that painful experience. I have been eating out quite a bit lately; it's a social interaction I can still participate in without too many negative effects. However, I've been noticing an unusual amount of dyskinesia whenever I eat in a restaurant, regardless of where I am in the medication cycle. I've even thought of discontinuing eating out for that reason. I don't always have a drink with dinner, but often will order a glass of wine, or if it's our favorite Mexican restaurant, a marguerita. I will pay special attention to see if the dyskinesia is worse when I have a drink; if so, it may be necessary to cut back on the sinemet proportionately (notice I didn't volnteer to give up the drink! There are precious few pleasures left to us as it is!) I was unaware of the possible connection there, so thanks for the info. Pat Schark ([log in to unmask])