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This message is in MIME format. If you are reading this text, then your mail package doesn't fully support MIME - there may be a newer release available from your supplier. Created using the !Marcel mail package from ANT Ltd <[log in to unmask]> --781380-1491512583-907528087=:2107693160 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII On Sun 04 Oct, MR DENNIS K LIEBL wrote: > Hello listmembers. I hope someone has a response to this. My Mother > would like me to ask about upset > stomach. She is taking Sinemet and Eldepryl and gets upset stomach > which affects her appetite. She has tried changing the timing of > taking her medications to one hour before meal time, with meals, > after meals...nothing seems to work. She was diagnosed with > Parkinson's early this year and has been on Sinemet ever since. The > Eldepryl was added a few months later. How long does the upset > stomach persist ? The neuro told her to stop eldepryl for a while to > see if that helped the upset stomach. It did > help for for a couple weeks, but recently she went back to taking it > as it was not helping that much anymore. Does anyone else have > nausiea after taking pills in morning ? How long does it take to see > a change in general health ? Does everyone else have a good appetite > while taking these medications. My mother has no appetite. Thanks > > Dennis > > ____ > ______________________________ > Dennis Liebl > > E-Mail me at: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] > net > Visit my Web Site at: http://pages.prodigy.com/liebl/homes.htm > > -- Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]> --781380-1491512583-907528087=:2107693160 Content-Type: TEXT/Plain; NAME=mare32a50 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE For Dennis K Liebl. Hello Dennis, The most important point to bear in mind is that Sinemet is going to become the most important drug in your mothers fight against PD, and even though she is one of those unfortunate people who have a=20 bad reaction to it, now is the time to persist with the drug, taking it preferably half an hour before meals. Selegiline, on the other hand, is now considered to be 'not worth the trouble' - and it has taken a=20 long time for that conclusion to be reached. We are now in the=20 catching-up phase, where those neuros who do not regularly read the=20 medical press continue to prescribe it with no idea of whether it is really good, bad, or indifferent. (fortunately indifferent is perhaps the nearest to the truth.)=20 Not much comfort, but I think it describes the priorities, and in the long term, that is most important. (If problems persist, there is a=20 drug called Motillium (Or Domperidone) - same thing - which suppresses the nausea, and can be useful during the acclimatisation period.) Regards, Brian Collins, <[log in to unmask]> 58/19/6 --781380-1491512583-907528087=:2107693160--