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To SJS Is there any place on the Internet that I can look up perscription drugs with color photos? My mother doled out her own pills. Unfortunately, she kept perscriptions she no longer took with ones she did in a cardboard box along with vitamins, so all I could do was check the dates on the bottles. I found two bottles of sinemet, one from '94 100/25 and a more recent one 200/50 from '96 she only took a quarter of a tablet when she felt like she needed it as was perscribed on the later batch. She takes Artane (trihexyphenidyl ) one tablet daily She was also taking methotrexate 2.5 mg ( for Arthritis ). 8 tablets once each week. An increase of one pill since June. Provera ( for osteoporosis ) one tablet daily 5.0 mg ( last week she was switched to 2.5 mg but she hadn't started taking them, yet ) Premerin ( C.E.S. ) 0.625 mg one pill daily. Didrocal ( I can't locate the package I saw it last week ). She started taking that several months ago for her osteoporosis. Calcium 500 mg vitamin D 1,000 iu she split each pill in half. folic acid 1mg vitamin E 400 ui Tonite when I speak with our Doctor I will find out exactly how much Sinemet they are giving her now and why? Plus a whole bunch of other questions!!!!! I also will mention if they could check to see if she has a bladder infection too... In 89/90 mom took Prednezone (sp) and Gold injections for her Arthritis. Mom went from being a strong healthy woman to being bed ridden and paralyzed from the knees down and as weak as a kitten in 2 1/2 months. I did not know if she would live or die and neither did the doctors... She had bad reactions to both the medications and later they felt she had neuropathy. I did notice when she was in the Hospital that her right hand was trembling when she held a styrofoam cup of water ( co-incidently that was the same hand that took her that got her diagnosed with Parkinson's 2 years later ). Sometimes I wonder if those drugs caused her Parkinson's. With mom being in the hospital I worry she might become dyhdrated. They only seem to hand out those little juice cup things and a jug of water which mom is unable to handle right now. When I was there I made sure she drank something. The staff are helping her to eat too. Her eating habits ( at home ) were good as I did all the cooking. I would make sure that she got a smaller portion of meat and more veggies. She ate three meals a day. Mom slept with her patio door open so I'm sure she got more fresh air than I got at night. She is sure sweating now that she is in the hospital. They rigged up a fan for her. I phone the hospital three times a day and ask if they are getting her up to use the commode or bedpan, how many times etc. Today they told me they took her for a walk around the ward and are going to start taking her to the bathroom tomorrow. I want to make sure that they get my mom up and moving as much as possible. Some of the staff in the hospital know me and how much I care for my mother, so I think that in one respect, because of that they will treat my mother slightly better than the average person ( I hope ). Question: What type of clothing would be suitable for my mother both cool and easy for her to get on and off ( remembering her hands are bad ). We got velcro put on her shoes and she could manage that ok. Thanks for all your help so far :-) Take care Bye for now Susan To Email me: [log in to unmask] To see me: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/1391/index.html