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Is there any reason my eighty one year old father should not try SINEMET? My father is in the very advanced stages of PD (type B) having been diagnosed with possible PSP four years ago. He has never developed the 'gaze' symptom but was falling backwards. He was put on sinemet but foolishly stopped after a month because of family pressure thinking that sinemet would cause future droolling. The sinemet appeared to help initially but he was also getting good therapy in the hospital and side effects were minimal. My father is now totally disabled, speaks haltingly in a whisper, and is on soft food. His general and only physician is reluctant to start the sinemet as he doesn't think it would do much good! Is there a convincing argument (ie based on a pertinent study) I can use to sway the doctor? There are others in the nursing home on sinemet. Thank you and a joyous Christmas season to the wonderful participants of this list. Bob [log in to unmask]