At 10:55 AM 11/19/97 -0500, you wrote:
>My dad is on Mirapex ... in general he's doing much better than on the
>Sinemet (which has now been eliminated). He was "sicker than a dog" on that
>now at least he's alert and functional though his walking isn't what it
>used to be pre-PD.
>
>He's at 0.625 mg in the am (9:30) ... 0.5 at noon and 0.5 at dinner (about 6).
>He's tried going to the higher dose - his N wants him at 1mg 3x - but he
>feels dizzy and light headed at any higher dose than he's taking now.
>
>But now I'm wondering if he's not taking them too close together ... the Dr
>said with meals and thats when my dad eats B-L-D (retirees don't have to get
>up and eat at un-Godly hours) ... but it really puts his lunch dose at
>only 3 hours after his morning one - maybe its a bit of an OD those few hours.
>
>Another related ? is that he uses Xalatan drops in his eys for Glaucoma.
>The info packet with that says it can cause dizziness/nausea - but he's
>been on that for over a year with no problem ... maybe something between
>that and high dose of Mirapex ?
>
>any comments suggestions ?
>
>Donna
>
>(daughter of PD dad 74 dg 1/97 Mirapex)
>
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>Gordon thought the first two a bit close. He takes his first when he wakes
around 6a.m.  Could your Dad do something earlier with a cracker or
something?Gord is fond of cookies.(:D.. Mirapex has helped his walking a
lot. His pallidotomies alleviated tremors to a large extent, so at the
moment we are doing well and are very grateful--Regards, Thea and Gordon Seese