At 05:15 PM 6/4/97 -0400, you wrote: >What I would like to know is if others have seen such a direct >correlation between poor elimination and drastic worsening of symptoms? >Here, getting one thing under control has even seemed to turn the clock >back on the disease five years. > > Carol, Constipation has a negative effect of cancelling out about 50% of the effectiveness of my Sinemet CR and Eldepryl. Fortunately I have found that 8 ounces of " Prune Juice with Pulp" at bedtime will usually eliminate the elimination problem for me. You can buy it at any grocery store. I have found it to work best if taken on an empty stomach. Eating that big bowl of popcorn (my favorite evening snack) before the juice does not work. Erv 63/4 **************************** * Erv & Jan Birzer * * (805) 964-4983) * * * ****************************