To "new Nancy"--you can get a lot of good, basic PD info from the national organizations: Nat'l Parkinson Fndtn 1-800-327-4545 American Parkinson Disease Assn. 1-800-223-APDA Call them and ask for their newsletters, free pubs, etc., and to be put on their mailing lists. As soon as the PD list archive is (we hope!) available again on this new listserv you can find a lot of info their on constipation and other subjects. There is an excellent special edition od the journal NEUROLOGY dated Dec. 1994, Vol.44 #12,Supplement 10 which is called An Algorithn for the Management of Parkinson's Disease. Your library or neurologist may be able to locate it for you. It's a bit technical, but very informative, and is also in the list archives when available. Glad to have you aboard--want to join CARE also? Camilla Flintermann,CG for Peter 77/6+ Oxford,OH <[log in to unmask]>