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Ivan.... Over the years I've consistently taken my meds each day with either orange juice, a coke (NOT diet Coke, either) or presweetened (with sugar) instant ice tea. I never took any PD drugs with water after the first year I went on 'em waaay back in 1988. I'd hadn't ever consciously thought about WHY I took my meds with a sweetened beverage until someone posted a comment here on the List a coupla months ago stating they had a better response to their drugs by taking 'em with a sweet drink. After thinking about it a bit, I realize that is why I take my meds with a sweetened beverage. For ME, there's a MUCH more consistent and more speedy response-time from the meds if I take them with a sweetened beverage. Also... FYI, recognizing this is way too soon to be considered an accurate test of the benefits of omitting Nutrasweet/aspartame from my diet, I tossed the Nutrasweet into the trash yesterday, picked up sugar at the market, and had the usual 2 teaspoons of sugar in my after dinner tea. I did NOT run into the problems with the slow drug kick-in-time OR any abnormally uncomfortable PD symptoms such as had developed since I'd started using Nutrasweet. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] ---------- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Ivan M Suzman Sent: Sunday, December 14, 1997 3:50 PM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Does SUGAR propel PD meds? ^^^^^^WARM GREETINGS FROM^^^^^^^^^^ Ivan Suzman 48/10 [log in to unmask] Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 15 deg. F frigid wind-chill *********************************************************** Hello All, I need SUGAR, sugary beverages, or fruit juices to propel my PD medications into action. Without sugar, my slow movements, dystonia and off-periods continue to be troublesome. Drinking water does NOT cause my meds. to kick in consistently. Barb Mallut just commented on Nutrasweet and sugar. Are other PWP's finding that sweets or sugary drinks are ESSENTIAL? Ivan Suzman Portland, Maine 48/10