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hi ann At 11:26 1998/12/05 +0000, you wrote: >The father of a friend is 80 years old and in the >advanced stages of Parkinsons. He has begun to >have a terrible problem with constipation. >Does anyone have any suggestions? >Thank you, >Ann (cg Ken 52/2) your concern is justified; long term constipation is dangerous and potentially fatal there is a wealth of information in our pd list archives at: <http://james.parkinsons.org.uk/> [assuming you have wwweb access] i also have just re-formatted and re-posted [separately] an excellent article on managing constipation in parkinsons; it's available both at our archive website and at the parkinson foundation of canada website your cyber-sibling janet janet paterson - 51 now /41 dx /37 onset - almonte/ontario/canada [log in to unmask]