Just a little before noon, I had a call from our PWP's wife. The MDS was in this morning and as might be expected, our PWP was "on." The MDS had all the charts from the nurses and residents, but didn't look at anything that had been recorded by our PWP's wife. He told her that what she was telling him didn't make sense. I'm afraid a question I might have asked is, "What, if anything about Parkinsons does?" However, the Requip has been cut back again, (four times a day instead of six) which is what I expected, but the amantadine was increased - another 100 mg late afternoon. I'm not happy about this given the fact that our PWP has had hallucinations at night, and last night was another restless night. The MDS doesn't feel that Requip would be causing the freezing, but about 11.30, an hour and a half after the 10 o'clock dose, he was frozen. The 2 o'clock dose has been stopped, so it will be interesting to see if our PWP freezes again, as has been the pattern. This new plan is to be followed until Wednesday, and if things start coming together, the MDS wants to start decreasing the levodopa. Also, the MDS checked for a swallowing response but our friend was still unable to swallow. The speech pathologist will be in to see him later today, and maybe she will be more successful. We can only hope... My thanks again to all of you. Judith -- Judith Richards, London, Ontario, Canada <[log in to unmask]> ^^^ \ / \ | / Today’s Research \\ | // ...Tomorrow’s Cure \ | / \|/ ```````