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At 11:18 AM 10/4/98 -0500, you 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've been on Sinemet CR for about 5 years and still get upset stomach unless I take some food with it. Usually about 3 or 4 vanilla wafers works well. I try to eat my meal 45 minutes to one hour later. If I wait more than one hour to eat, nausea comes on quickly--sometimes can be fought off with antiacids. It can be discouraging but is workable with a little experimenting. Sinemet is necessary, so it is a matter of working out a method of coping rather than waiting to develop a tolerance for it. Good Luck to your mother. Erv Birzer 64/5