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Camilla - Does Peter usually administer his own meds at home, or do you take care of it for him? Dick takes his own meds, and feels free, with the encouragement of his doctor, to add or subtract as he feels the need. The reason I asked is that when Dick was hospitalized a couple of years ago for non-PD-related tests, his doctor wrote orders for him to keep his PD meds by his bedside (he brought his own from home), and to administer them himself PRN. This caused quite a stir in the hospital, and nurses who weren't assigned to him came in to meet him, just to see this patient who could administer his own meds! Some of them really had a hard time adjusting to the idea, and were pretty uncomfortable with it. But others thought it made perfect sense. This would only work if Peter were used to administering his own meds and determining his own schedule of meds, of course. But I thought I would let you know what we managed to work out. Of course, having the doctor write orders to increase his meds PRN should do the trick too. Good luck to both of you. We'll all be thinking of you. Margie Swindler cg for Dick, 52/15 [log in to unmask]