Comments on: Personal Hygiene & Dental Care in Parkinson’s Disease http://pdring.com/personal-hygiene-dental-care-in-parkinsons-disease.htm A-Z Parkinsons disease information: Parkinsons disease symptom, treatment, exercise & medication. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:05:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jim http://pdring.com/personal-hygiene-dental-care-in-parkinsons-disease.htm/comment-page-1#comment-864 Jim Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:43:12 +0000 http://pdring.com/?p=157#comment-864 I understand Dr.Chris,............ I consulted a neurologist as well as my FIL's doctor, they both told me Haldol will advance PD dramatically and giving it intravenously was bad also, they gave him levaquin as well and also demerol with his Parcopa, they both said the ICU was due to QT prolongation, I called the doctors at the hospital and asked them why did they give him Haldol knowing he had PD and they said to calm him as he was agitated so I then asked the doctor was the outcome of calming him, worth the risk of killing him and if the FDA says not to give haldol intravenously why would you do that also, he said it was "standard of care" I then said even your basic PDR says do not take haldol if you are allergic or have Parkinson's is it standard of care to give drugs to patients that are allergic or contradicts there disease, he then hung up on me, was my questioning out of line or disrespectful? after all I buried a man who was fully functional on his own who simply tripped and broke his hip had surgery on wednesday was fine had haldol thurs, fri, sat. and sunday was on full life support in the ICU his agitation was he did not want his blankets covering him, my wife was there the whole time, she slept in his room with him, I really dont understand what went on, or how a doctor could just blow me off like that, I am not a doctor but I have researched this for 3 months and can tell even a doctor, there is absolutely no reason to give a PD patient haldol, they say he had stage five pd, well with that comes dementia and thats what he was displaying, probably from the morphine dilaudid and oxycodone they were giving him, absolutely never give haldol to the elderly with dementia...... Do some doctors just ignore these things? thank you jim I understand Dr.Chris,………… I consulted a neurologist as well as my FIL’s doctor, they both told me Haldol will advance PD dramatically and giving it intravenously was bad also, they gave him levaquin as well and also demerol with his Parcopa, they both said the ICU was due to QT prolongation, I called the doctors at the hospital and asked them why did they give him Haldol knowing he had PD and they said to calm him as he was agitated so I then asked the doctor was the outcome of calming him, worth the risk of killing him and if the FDA says not to give haldol intravenously why would you do that also, he said it was “standard of care” I then said even your basic PDR says do not take haldol if you are allergic or have Parkinson’s is it standard of care to give drugs to patients that are allergic or contradicts there disease, he then hung up on me, was my questioning out of line or disrespectful? after all I buried a man who was fully functional on his own who simply tripped and broke his hip had surgery on wednesday was fine had haldol thurs, fri, sat. and sunday was on full life support in the ICU his agitation was he did not want his blankets covering him, my wife was there the whole time, she slept in his room with him, I really dont understand what went on, or how a doctor could just blow me off like that, I am not a doctor but I have researched this for 3 months and can tell even a doctor, there is absolutely no reason to give a PD patient haldol, they say he had stage five pd, well with that comes dementia and thats what he was displaying, probably from the morphine dilaudid and oxycodone they were giving him, absolutely never give haldol to the elderly with dementia……

Do some doctors just ignore these things?

thank you

jim

]]> By: Dr. Chris http://pdring.com/personal-hygiene-dental-care-in-parkinsons-disease.htm/comment-page-1#comment-861 Dr. Chris Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:42:38 +0000 http://pdring.com/?p=157#comment-861 Hi Jim I think it is best to discuss this with your doctor or pharmacist. According to our editorial guidelines, we cannot comment on any doctor's prescription or actions. I fully understand that you are asking about the drug but any answer on our part may have an impact on the practitioner. It is not uncommon for readers to ask questions which could be intended for litigation and we do not like to be drawn into these matters. Hi Jim

I think it is best to discuss this with your doctor or pharmacist. According to our editorial guidelines, we cannot comment on any doctor’s prescription or actions. I fully understand that you are asking about the drug but any answer on our part may have an impact on the practitioner. It is not uncommon for readers to ask questions which could be intended for litigation and we do not like to be drawn into these matters.

]]> By: Jim http://pdring.com/personal-hygiene-dental-care-in-parkinsons-disease.htm/comment-page-1#comment-857 Jim Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:35:33 +0000 http://pdring.com/?p=157#comment-857 Hello my father in law went into the hospital, for a leg surgery, he has pd, they gave him haldol intraveniously and that put him in ICU a few days later he died, why does haldol advance PD so much and freeze or crash a PD sufferer, before he went in he had stage 2 PD and lived alone, he died of a heart attack with aperated phnemonia and they said he had stage 5 PD for 2 years on his death cert. thank you Hello my father in law went into the hospital, for a leg surgery, he has pd, they gave him haldol intraveniously and that put him in ICU a few days later he died, why does haldol advance PD so much and freeze or crash a PD sufferer, before he went in he had stage 2 PD and lived alone, he died of a heart attack with aperated phnemonia and they said he had stage 5 PD for 2 years on his death cert.

thank you

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