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My personal experience is I have had a flu shot for a number of years (8-10) and have had no ill effects while taking sinemet, parlodel, and elavil. Now I'm taking mirapex instead of parlodel and have added Tasmar........hmmm...I think I'll ask my MDS what he thinks before getting this years shot(s). Barbara Blake-Krebs 57/1984 Merriam KS [log in to unmask] In a message dated 10/3/98 2:02:45 PM, you wrote: <<Karen, and other List-family.... Last week my internist suggested I get the pneumonia vaccine and also the flu vaccine, citing my ... uhhhh.... "advanced" age (55 years old) <"advanced" PHOOEY!) <grin> and the fact that the winter of '97-'98 saw more of individuals over 50 years old hospitalized with flu-caused pneumonia then ANY previous year in which Kaiser Permanente (my HMO, and the largest, oldest HMO-system in the USA) kept such records. My MD also mentioned that in this past winter's flu season there were more deaths attributed to pneumonia amongst those over-fifty year olds who were hospitalized because of pneumonia. I must admit I hesitated and told the MD I'd like to wait till I found out if there were any known negative Parkinson's interactions caused by either vaccine before giving him the go-ahead to give me the vaccines. Any comments based upon fact would be welcome, 'cause I recognize I've gotta make up my mind whether to have one or both of the vaccines within the next coupla-three weeks. Thanks a lot.... Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] >>