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Our theory is that = it must have something to do with the throat muscles being affected by = the medication, or PD or both. =20 She is taking the following PD meds: Sinemet CR 2-1/2 tablets of the 200/50, 2 tablets of amantadine (100 mg = each), and tolcapone (Tasmar) - 100mg tablets. She is also taking 50 mg = of Luvox as well. =20 Are any of you familiar with these symptoms and is there anything that = we can do about them? Norm Ichiyen, Ruth Ichiyen (48/7) Norm Ichiyen Home: [log in to unmask] Work: [log in to unmask] Home phone #: 905-820-2729 =20 ------=_NextPart_001_0038_01BD25F0.7DC23420 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1=20 http-equiv=3DContent-Type><TITLE>Mabel</TITLE><Bass=20 href=3D"file://C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft = Shared\Stationery\"> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY background=3D""> <P align=3Dcenter><IMG height=3D20=20 src=3D"cid:[log in to unmask]" = width=3D489> </P> <DIV>Hi:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My wife has been diagnosed for about 7 years now and she has been=20 encountering difficulty in eating lately. She describes the = sensation as=20 that of gagging, the involuntary reflex that makes it difficult for her = to=20 eat. The degree of difficulty varies depending on the time of = day. =20 She has the most difficulty at dinner time. She has been through = many=20 tests - and they have all come back negative. Our theory is that = it must=20 have something to do with the throat muscles being affected by the = medication,=20 or PD or both. </DIV> <DIV>She is taking the following PD meds:</DIV> <DIV>Sinemet CR 2-1/2 tablets of the 200/50, 2 tablets of amantadine = (100 mg=20 each), and tolcapone (Tasmar) - 100mg tablets. She is also taking = 50 mg of=20 Luvox as well. </DIV> <DIV>Are any of you familiar with these symptoms and is there anything = that we=20 can do about them?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Norm Ichiyen, Ruth Ichiyen (48/7)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Norm Ichiyen<BR>Home: <A=20 href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A><BR>Work: = <A=20 href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A><BR>Home phone #:=20 905-820-2729</DIV> <P align=3Dcenter><IMG height=3D20=20 src=3D"cid:[log in to unmask]" = width=3D489>=20 </P></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0038_01BD25F0.7DC23420-- ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01BD25F0.7DBA9300 Content-Type: image/gif Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-ID: <[log in to unmask]> R0lGODlh6QEUAMT/AMDAwJRjvb2c1q2Ezns5rZxrvYxKtYwYra1Svc6M1rVjvb1jxqUprd6l3t6U 3s57zr1Sva0Yrb0ptdZjzr0IrdYxveeE1tZCvc4ArQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAEA AAAALAAAAADpARQAQAX/ICCOZGmeaKqubOu+MDpdU2zfOJ4wUQRBiZxwSBzNLpeicslspghQA3Q6 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