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Soooo.... tell me, Gail... <starting to grin> Dose this mean if I see a nice lookin' lady running into our PD support group carrying a box of syringes and shouting, "Lemme at them butts," <giggle> I should just automatically presume it's YOU? <ducking> Barb Mallet [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Gail Vass <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 1:27 PM Subject: Subject: Re: Parkinsonism >Folks, > >I TOTALLY agree with Charles T. Meyer, M.D.'s position on >this matter. I practiced psychiatric nursing for 10 years >and gave many injections to counteract medication reactions >from certain antipsychotic drugs. The dyskynesia and dystonias >that sometimes result when titrating certain medications up to >impact psychiatric symptoms is fully and immediately reversable >with a shot in the butt of anticholinergic drugs like akineton, artane, >or cogentin. > >Oh what a blessing if that was so easy in Parkinsons Disease... >I'd fill my Surburban up with syringes and travel all over the >world tackling Parkies and giving them a "shot in the butt". > >A cyber sis who knows, >B. Gail Vass, RN, BSN >