The wine wasn't the best part of it though,
they still have the main thing, which is each other.
Can't the doctor switch the meds around a bit so dad can have a drink now and then?
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 18:22, 2 replies)

Because anti-parkinsonian drugs are either Modified Release, meaning that they hang around in the system constantly..
..or need to be taken at carefully controlled intervals in order that the user gets the maximal benefit from them and gets y'know as normal a life as is possible.
Not to mention that their action tends to be depressive in nature, meaning that(simplifying somewhat) combining them with booze is what's technically known as a 'drug overdose'.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 18:43, closed)

Wow
when did you become a pharmocologist? Ever want to chat to me about drug design or neuroscience? ;)
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 20:45, closed)

wow again!
You've ever so slightly redeemed yourself (in my eyes anyway)
(Kip, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 22:36, closed)

It's true, my mum's amazing for sticking by him through thick and thin. She works as a care worker, so she has had experience in taking care of people with Parkinsons before, and kind of knows how to deal with the various side effects he gets. Mostly with humour, more than anything else.

I don't think it's so much that he can't drink, it's more the side effects aren't worth it. The drugs used to treat Parkinsons can cause paranoia and while I can't think of the exact term for it, it can cause people to develop addictions.

My old man is a fairly straight laced, honest kind of person. I don't think he'd want to ever risk developing something like that.
(Aruu does not put all her trust in root vegetables., Tue 1 Mar 2011, 21:43, closed)