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You wrote: > >Hi folks, > >Has anybody come across any sort of interaction or experience of >anti-biotics with PD? > >Ernie Peters ([log in to unmask]) > Hi Ernie, My husband (46, 5+ PD) was recently hospitalized with pneumonia. He definitely had a bad reaction to his antibiotics. Throughout his life he had never been allergic to antibiotics. When the I.V. drugs were administered his tremor became violent, he could not sit still at all, his blood pressure jumped to 190/90 (normally his BP is 120/80), he said he saw a cloudiness or vapor along the floor of his room, and he also got small hives on his neck. When he told the nurse she attributed the hives to his shaving, and his tremor became bad because he took his parkinson's meds incorrectly! They reported this to his doctor but the doctor sent him home with a prescription for the same type of antibiotic!!! The I.V. was Claforan (Cefotaxime), the prescription was Lorabid; I looked these up in my drug book and BOTH are from an antibiotic called Cephalosporin!! So, if you did notice a difference while you were on antibiotics you are probably right. Incidently, my husband also takes Co-Q10. Good luck. Jackie Gilman Florida