My regular winter colds, sore throat and flu virtually disappeared 3 years ago when I retired. I no longer deal one on one with 150 Jr. High students each day as I did for 30 years. I've only been on amantadine for 1 year. Anyway we look at it, if we don't have those health problems any more we would like to think of it as being a "parkie perk". ***************************************** * Erv & Jan Birzer * * 5027 Via Jacinto * * Santa Barbara, CA 93111 * * 805/964-4983 * * * *****************************************