I hadn't seen that.  It makes sense of something that used to happen to me 
when I was on Mirapex.  I used to get feelings in my chest kind of like 
someone was squeezing my heart.  Palpitations?  Arrhythmia? I don't know, 
and the cardiologist couldn't find anything worrisome.  Since I've been off 
the stuff, I can't remember having any more.  Hmmm....  Makes you wonder if 
there's yet something else that perhaps hasn't been disclosed yet.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mary Ann Ryan
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 9:18 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Court Blames Sex Addiction on Meds

A short blurb in The Parkinson's Disease Foundation News Review reported
that the FDA is cautioning that Mirapex may cause a heart failure risk.
That made me shiver.  Jamie, who died of congestive heart failure, took
Mirapex until the day he died.
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Mary Ann (CG Jamie 68/28 with PD, died 11/20/07)


> My experience with Mirapex was no better.  Getting off the stuff is no 
> picnic. Five months later, I'm still fighting depression, anhedonia, a 
> general lack of motivation and am having far more "off" days.  Overall, a 
> large step backward in control of the PD and leading a "normal" life. But 
> if I'd stayed on it, the lies and deceit probably would have cost me my 
> marriage.  The manufacturer's literature makes you think that these 
> compulsive/addictive behaviors only occur in a very small percentage of 
> cases.  I've read elsewhere that 15 to 20% of PWP experience these 
> problems.
>
> Roger
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Kathleen Cochran
> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 1:31 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Court Blames Sex Addiction on Meds
>
> I second what Rick says... I had sleep attacks on Requip. Scary.
>
> Kathleen
>
>
> On 28 December 2012 09:20, Rick McGirr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I was on the stuff for a couple of years and, while I feel like my old
>> hetero self and have no compelling need to gamble away my life savings, 
>> it
>> did contribute to heavy sleepiness, a factor in a pretty bad auto wreck
>> back
>> in 2007. I would recommend scrutinizing the effects of Requip very 
>> closely,
>> if your doctor prescribes it.
>>
>> Thanks Nic
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nic Marais
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 2:05 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Court Blames Sex Addiction on Meds
>>
>>
>> http://news.discovery.com/human/court-blames-sex-addiction-on-meds-dnews-nug
>> get-121226.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1
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