Thanks Andrew John Conovaloff for your input re: neck and throat pain... 1. Alcohol and PD meds don't mix !! :0 Read the warnings on your Rx bottles and inserts. ans.: I rarely drink as I am also aware that the two don't mix. 2. C/L-dopa sometimes causes a tightening (freezing?) in the throat. ans.: I may sometimes experience this but also a stretching that hurts. 3. Do you have any throat or esophogus ulcers or sores? Any refluxing -- stomach acid burping up? ans.: I'm not aware of ulcers or sores. Would x-ray show this? I rarely burp. Barbara Blake-Krebs [log in to unmask]