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  • I heard there may be difficulty with swallowing. At what stage does this happen?
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  • Is there any literature available that we can all give to personnel in our hospitals, rehab centers and long term care facilities? Often when we must go into any of these places, the staff has no real understanding of PD-- the erratic nature of the physical challenges, the need for medications and what they do (and don’t do!), etc.
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  • I am 46 years old and have been diagnosed for 6 years. I am recently experiencing impotency. What is the best way to treat this? Is Viagra OK for someone with PD?
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  • I have recently begun to experience double vision and difficulty reading. My ophthalmologist can not find anything wrong. Is this problem related to PD? What can I do?
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  • How does a physician diagnose PD? What tests are performed?
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  • What causes drooling? Can anything help?
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  • When I wake up in the morning and at times during the day, my foot turns inward and my toes curl. This is painful and makes it difficult to walk. What is this and what can I do about it?
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  • Are involuntary movements or dyskinesias part of PD?

    • Cognition
        
  • Does a diagnosis of PD mean that a person will develop difficulties with thinking?

    • Medication
        
  • I am 38 years old and newly diagnosed. My doctor says we should try other medications to treat my symptoms before we try Sinemet (carbidopa/levodopa). I thought Sinemet was the “gold standard” for PD treatment. Why wait?
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  • I am 40 years old and was recently diagnosed with PD. My 71-year-old uncle was also recently diagnosed. Although we go to the same neurologist and we have similar symptoms, the neurologist did not prescribe the same medication for us. Why not?
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  • I am 29 years old, newly married and newly diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Is it okay to get pregnant and will the PD medications cause harm to the unborn child?
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  • I have read that there are ways to make Sinemet® “kick in” faster. Can you tell me about this?