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Cramping of muscles around the abdomen and Sinemet
My 85 yr old Mom diagnosed about 4 or 5 yrs ago finally started treatment 2 yrs ago. Took Senemet without...
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dancing helps pd patients
my husband has pd. it is controlled by medicine. i saw the video on dancing for pd patients and wondered if...
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New to PD
I am a 52 year old woman. I started falling frequently, running into things, beginning last December. Last...
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Top of the morning to you Dr Stacy! I have a question as usual , and i do not mean for it to be taken the wrong...
, and i do not mean for it to be taken the wrong way--i am not critisizing(SP)---Do Neurologists ever ask there patients what they do to releive the symptons of parkinsons?
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Do I or don't I have PD?
I am male 72 and the Drs. aren't sure if its PD or Parkinsonism. I am being treated for PD with meds. The meds...
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dopamine agonists and delusional, accusatory husba...
My husband is 35 and has been suffering from Parkinson's symptoms for the past 10 years. He takes ropinerole...
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parkinsons symptoms or something else
Im 28 old male, i suddenly notices muscles of my left arm and chest contracts involuntarily,also my finger...
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Going to have dbs surgery in 3 weeks,has anyone else in this community had this done?
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PARKINSONS
My uncle, who is 80,has been diagn with Parkinsons for 4.5 years. Within the last 6months he has seem to...
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Have Parkinson's Disease and get leg pain 4 to 5 t...
My wife is 80 years of age and has Parkinson's Disease since 2006. She has for some time now getting severe...
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Have Parkinson's Disease and get leg pain 4 to 5 t...
My wife is 80 years of age and has Parkinson's Disease since 2006. She has for some time now getting severe...
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Questions of a waundering mind
Good morning everyone I am on vacation for 2 weeks and while working in the yard and playing with taz and...
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Manganese Toxicity
Hello, I have been having problems with muscle stiffness, twitching, tiredness, my wife says I walk like an...
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Is it YOPD?
I'm 35. Have had RLS and tremors for quite some time. Lots of muscle, joint pain. Being treated for...
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My name is James I'm 44yrs old man 285lbs 5'6' and I have been to every doctor in town it seems like. They...
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Vitamin b12 deficiency mimics parkinsons?
Hi Dr Stacy I have read at many sites that vitamin b12 deficiency symptoms closely mimic parkinsons. can fine...
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Can Chemo bring out hidden PD?
For the last few years, my mother has had mobility problems we related to arthritis, age and bone degeneration....
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posting articles
Haylen Is there a way to post articles instead of web sites? The article in Science Daily is not the easiest to...
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cure for parkinsons
Dr Stacy Is there anyone working on a cure for Parkinsons? If a cure for just one neurological disease is found...
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reprogramming of astrocytes
Dr Stacy I just read an article in science daily concerning the reprogramming of astorcytes to produce dopamine....
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other conditions related to parkinson's
Dr Stacy I have been surfing the net again and found that restless leg syndorme is used interchangbly(sp) with...
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DBS
I am facing the decision to go forward with Deep Brain Stimulus (DBS) surgery for my PD. I currently take...
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