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Hi Allan Rosenberg <[log in to unmask]>, you wrote >>From the time she started on the Permax she has had periods >(mostly at dinner and with people around) when she can not get the food > to her mouth, loses her ability to speak and simply sits there with >the fork poised in mid-air. >Slowly she ultimately can finish. The neurologist feels it is not a >side effect of the Permax but associated with the PD and anxiety. Since I had very similar effects while I was taking Pergolide, and they went away immediately I stopped taking it, I suspect your neuro is talking through his fundament! :-) Still, the proof of the pudding ... Insist on her switching to another agonist, such as Ropinirole (which I now use with ZERO side effects) or Tolcapone or Entacapone. If the problem goes away, then perhaps your neuro could update his database! -- Jeremy Browne - [log in to unmask] Shaking Hands BBS - +44 (0)1252 626233 - Fidonet 2:252/160