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hi susan and all; i am taking a small liberty here i am posting part of susan's reply to me in re her mother jane's cognitive and physical problems in the hope that this discussion might prove enlightening in the future At 14:51 1998/11/21 -0800, susan wrote to me, in part: >My mother was not too bad several weeks ago mentally. >There was the odd time she seemed a tiny bit confused. >She had been taking artane for about two years+ >with a tiny amount of sinemet when needed. >The Doctor has taken mom off artane today .To see what happens. > >>when she saw her neurologist dr. tessler [?] >>seven weeks ago did he make any change <in her med routine? > >No, there was no change in her meds. >I have spoken to him a few times since >mom was in the hospital and he too is puzzled. > >>i know that she has other health problems >>too and takes other medications >>were any <of these changed recently? > >Yes, two: one was methotrexate ( for her arthritis ) >was increased by one pill a few months before mom >started to deteriorate. The other was provera, but >she didn't even start that one as she ended up in >the hospital before she was supposed to start it. you asked about testing for dementia in pd since your mother will be seeing a psychiatrist tomorrow; separately, i have posted two pubmed abstracts which refer to current tests janet janet paterson - 51 now /41 dx /37 onset - almonte/ontario/canada http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/ [log in to unmask]