Hi I take .50 mg of requip three times a day and one sinemet 25/100 two
times a day when I start to get stiff and hard to move around I up the
requip by .25 mg to one of my daily doses . Over the last year the doc has
up me from  .25 mg three times a day to the .50 mg requip very slowly for
once in the morning after a couple of months added it to the noon dose then
this summer I added it to my evening dose and am doing much better. Janice
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From: Charlotte M <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: Requip


> Hi Lorraine,
>
> Just my two cents. I'm amazed that you can see any benefit from such a
small
> dose of Requip.  Requip has a high dosing range, and although there is
always
> individual responses to therapy, .25 mg, that is 1/4 mg 3t/day is far less
than
> what I thought was a therapeutic dose, which I believe is 6 to 7 mg per
day, or,
> say, 2 mgs 3 times per day.  Is your neuro intending to titrate up your
dose?
> I'm curious to know what benefit you're getting from having added it.  For
what
> it's worth I take Requip (3 mg) 4 times a day usually with food, and
sinemet
> before or long after meals, 4 times per day (25/10).  It's interesting to
see
> how very different individual responses are.
>
> Regards,
>
> Charlotte
>
> Lorraine Jeffe wrote:
>
> > This has been discussed before,but I wasn't taking it at that time.Right
> > now I'm taking 25/100 of sinement 3 times a day.
> > Because of a slight balance problem I was put on requip .25 mg  3 times
> > a day.this summer took them together, but I was having some nausea. My
> > neuro suggested I take the requip with meals and this seemed to be the
> > solution. In addition to the nausea I had some dizziness.For the last
> > two weeks I've tried to take my sinement at least 45 mins. before
> > meals,which  seems to be easy to do before breakfast,but not usually for
> > lunch and dinner. It was suggested that I take the requip every eight
> > hrs to maximize the benefit.Well that's o.k. the first thing in the
> > morniing,but the middle one  and the last of the day are done at all
> > times. I am a snacker and have difficulty eating a lot at meals except
> > breakfast.My system seems to tolerate the requip without taking at meals
> > now and I've had only one dizzy spell,which lasted just a few
> > seconds.Also I'm not certain whether my gait is as good later in the day
> > then it was.Well I guess my question is just what is the optimum way to
> > take these two meds--together, spread out, etc?
> > Perhaps Kathryan could answer this.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Lorraine Jeffe
> >
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