meds affected by sickness

[jeeves19]

Hi gang. Just wondering why really. I’ve had sickness and diarrhoea for 48 hours and the Parkinson’s meds have virtually stopped working. I know that they’ll come good even but this annoying phenomenon gets me every time!

🤔🙄

[Kevin51]

Hi Jeeves - sorry to hear you are ill, its always tough with PD. Ldopa is an amino acid so has to be digested in the gut to get in the bloodstream and so on into the brain. So it is not likely that much gets in right now from tablets as you have a badly upset gut. Goes straight through! There are pumps and patches that bypass the gut - which maybe others could comment on. The ones I have read about are only for dopamine agonists.

Get well soon!

[jeeves19 in reply to Kevin51]

thanks Kev, informative and kind. Thanks.

[rescuema]

If you're taking melatonin, it may cause serious nonstop diarrhea. Check out this thread that park_bear shared with me.

healingwell.com/community/d...

[jeeves19 in reply to rescuema]

Thanks but I don’t take melatonin 😑

[rescuema in reply to jeeves19]

Then here’s another blank shooting without knowing details. Be sure you’re not deficient in zinc and supplement with copper at around 8:1 ratio, ideally separated at least 2 hours (Cu in the am) since they’re antagonists in absorption and over-supplementing either will cause deficiency in the other over time. Those two minerals are exceptionally important for all bodily functions and also work in relation to sodium and potassium ratios in your body. Be sure to restore lost electrolytes during the runs. I hope you feel better soon.

[LindaP50]

My hubby gets diarrhea often since he's had PD (about 4 years). Since he doesn't have tremors it's hard to tell if Levodopa is working or not.

At this time he will eat a banana and apple sauce. Avoid caffeine. Water. Then more water. Bottle of Gatorade to make sure he gets nutrients.

If more than 24 hours he will take a pill to get rid of diarrhea. Careful reading the labels to make sure OK to take with PD.

Rest and feel better.

[Jebbie12]

I have also noticed my meds are ineffective when I m sick. It is even worse when I take an antibiotic. It is a pain in the neck, and depressing, but I get through it every time. HOpe you feel better very soon.

[jeeves19 in reply to Jebbie12]

Thanks Jebbie. How’s the DBS treating you?

[Jebbie12 in reply to jeeves19]

the DBS was successful in reducing symptoms. I’d do it again!

[jeeves19 in reply to Jebbie12]

I’m ‘in the queue’, but our health service is working very slowly since Covid. I sometimes wonder how long this shadow is going to be cast on business and services? The hospital I’m having it done - eventually! - has pioneered a way of placing the battery inside the skull . Sounds good from one angle but I haven’t worked out yet how it can be charged up if it’s stuck inside your head. Time will no doubt answer this puzzle. 😵‍💫

[jeeves19]

thanks Linda. Surely CL speeds hubby up? I have no tremor similarly but the difference in speed of movement after CL is very marked.

[Godiv]

Oh no! I hope it’s better by now. If not, off to the doctor with you? And be careful about dehydration.

[jeeves19 in reply to Godiv]

👍😊