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I am looking for a recommendation for a PD doctor in the Kansas City area. My mother, about whom I have posted info before, continues to have daily tremendous pain in the stomach area--nausea, gas, etc.--despite a number of antinausea and antiulcer drugs. She is slowly wasting away from lack of food. Her current doctor is Kollar (sp?)-- the famous KU specialist. He doesn't seem to be around much (and I don't blame him for that if he advances the cause). My mother was admitted to KU for 5 days but the main doctor didn't seem to care about her stomach problem--he was just interested in improving her tremor situation. Gastro doctors had diagnosed both gastritis and a hernia, but they don't have a clue as to how PD meds may complicate recovery. My mom is slipping through the cracks between two specialties and one won't talk to the other. Meanwhile, she can only lose so much weight. Our only hope is to look for another doctor who has dealt with the type of situation before and is willing to try to remedy the situation. My mother in the past has taken sinemet and eldepryl and briefly permax. Of course all of those list nausea as a side effect. More recently she has been taking small amounts of sinemet and cogentin. Constipation does not appear to be the problem. For the nausea she has taken mylanta, phasyme (sp?) for gas, an anti-nausea drug normally taken by cancer patients (don't know the name but it is $20 a pill), and domperidone (the latter for just a couple of days now). If anyone has any recommendations for KC area doctors for either PD or gastro problems, I would appreciate it. Thanks. Bryce Jones