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I am the son of a pwp, Max, 79, 8, he is being released tommorow from a rehab/nh facility, after 2 weeks there and one week in a hospital, to be treated for chestpain, he has had prior bypass surgery, a pacemaker, etc. The hospital, for some reason cut his sinimet to about 70% of what he was getting and the NH apparently kept it the same. In the last few weeks he had been getting rather violent when he was upset, actually punching people who were caring for him, now he is more subdued, and may complain, but not get violent. ALSO he is lucid most of the time, not confused, and also has not had any hallucinations, in about two weeks, which he was having previously. THe only other medical changes I know of is being put on Heparin injections, a blood thinner. Would the reduction of Sinimet, and /or the addition of the blood thinner, normally have those effects? HE also picked up a Staph infection in the hospital. This resulted in blisters which broke, leaving raw areas on his skin, they seem to have stopped forming, I am not sure what medication he recieved for this syptom, but I wonder if it could have an effect on his PArkinsons symtoms, good or bad. Anyone out there have any feedback on this situtation? I know my mother will speak to the neurologist about the SInimet, but I thought I would ask the real experts here for an opinion! thanks in advance for any help on this situation. [OO] LOOKING FOR RADIOS! Ken Becker [log in to unmask]