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Barb (and all), It is strange you should pose this question. Even before he was diagnosed with PD, Ed noticed that when he went on any kind of antibiotic, for whatever reason, his whole body felt better--but mainly the muscle aches (he doesn't have tremor; only stiffness, pain, and loss of grip). He has noticed this for several years now. In fact, just this week he is home from work recovering from a severe chest cold/bronchial infection, and is taking Zyrtec and something called "Sulfameth/Trimeth-DS" tab, and guess what? His muscles don't ache--funny, huh?? Are these in the same family as flagella ? Linda B. (husband Ed; 50/dx 4 yrs ago) *********************************** On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, Barbara Mallut wrote: > I hesitate to post the following information because I don't want to get folks > all excited over what MAY be just a fluke or a coincidence. However, I don't > see how I can NOT post it either. So please keep in mind that this is very > possibly just an anomaly... > > I went to the MD last Friday, Feb. 21, with what turned out to be an > infection. I was prescribed FLAGELLA 500mg to be taken 2 times daily for one > week. > > Within 36 hours of beginning the drug, I began to feel physically "light..." > as in "airy." This was an entire-body-experience. By the following day, > after I'd taken the Flagyl for two full days and one 1/2 day (totaling 5 > tablets at that point), I felt strange and after thinking about it for a bit, > realized that the "strange feeling" was the fact that I felt NORMAL... i.e. > much as I did before the PD struck. > > I've now been taking Flagyl for six days. While I continued to take my usual > Sinemet twice daily about every 5 to 6 hours the first day on the Flagyl, by > the second day I felt no physical NEED for it (tho logically I KNEW I had to > continue taking it). Since the second day, I've taken the Sinemet 8 hours > apart. I've taken it every 8 hours or so, and that was because I was > hesitant to just up and stop taking it entirely. > > There are so few PD symptoms left as of this moment that I felt compelled to > post here. I'm calling my MD tomorrow and asking if Flagyl can be taken on a > daily basis in order to test the drug. If it can be, I plan on staying at > the 500mg dose for one more week and then reducing the amount I'd take by > half. IF I remain essentially symptomsless at that dosage I'll drop down to > 1/4 of a tablet twice a day. > > If anyone else has had a similar experience while taking Flagella, I'd really > like to hear from ya. And I'll keep this group updated about this phenomena. > > I have no answers if you have any in-depth questions about the above. I have > no idea WHY Flagella appears to work. And I sure hate to get all excited > about this when it's to all intents and purposes could be nothing. > > Barb Mallut > [log in to unmask] >