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Ernie, This is very interesting, I do not have PD, but I have noticed my arms feeling like I slept on them in the morning, I have been eating fresh cranberries and taking cranberry suppliments for a urinary tract infection. This has been a temporary fix for my bladder spasms caused by the infection. Mark is most probably correct that this is causing malabsorbation of the l-dopa medicine, yet the cranberry alone has it's on set of side effects. This is an interesting discovery, one that I have over-looked. I have passed this information over to someone that is more knowledgable than I on this subject. I will forward her response to the list, should she decide to comment on this issue. Linda Forrest's Mom In-reply-to: Your message dated "Fri, 07 Mar 1997 15:20:22 -0500" <[log in to unmask]> >Mark, thanks for your reply, you said: >>One possible explanation for your problems is that the quantity of >>cranberry juice you consume is interfering with your takeup of Sinemet or >>some other PD medication. >I thought of that, but it did not account for the symptoms BEFORE I started >on the Sinemet. Also, the symptoms seemed to be totally independent of >whether I was "on" or "off" with regard to the Sinemet. The Sinemet seemed >to be working in other respects. I DID say it was very strange! >Ernie Peters <[log in to unmask]>