We report a parkinsonian patient who presented an adynamic bowel syndrome afterl-dopa withdrawal during the course of a febrile illness. Due to lack of response tol-dopa attributable to gastrointestinal (GI) motility impairment, apomorphine treatment was started, and the adynamic bowel syndrome dramatically improved. The use of apomorphine in Parkinson's disease patients with acute GI motility disorders is recommended.