>I lost my sense of smell before I started taking PD medications.It was >one of the factors that lead to my diagnosis. ***************************************************** Anyone who has a lot of allergies or asthma as I do, lost their sense of smell YEARS ago, way before PD. I don't think you could use loss of sense of smell as a diagnostic tool unless the loss of the sense of smell was very recent. IMOHO. Also to whomever was asking about dry, itchy skin--I had a very bad seige of that while I was taking Eldepryl. About 6 weeks off Eldepryl it all stopped!!! As Ever, Marjorie Moorefield just another librarian (with PD)