At 06:44 PM 12/14/97 -0500, you wrote:
>^^^^^^WARM GREETINGS  FROM^^^^^^^^^^
>Ivan Suzman  48/10         [log in to unmask]
>Portland, Maine   land of lighthouses   16 deg. F  North wind Roaring --
>Frigid wind-chill
>***********************************************************
>Hello All,
>
>  Do you experience  side-effects such as feeling a little WOOZY?
>Ankles swelling?  Welcome to the world of low blood pressure!.
>
>  The 4-question Low  Blood Pressure Survey I posted in November has had
>9 responses.  THESE ARE LISTED BELOW for you to examine..
>
>   I hope the information at the bottom will help PWP's and CG's to make
>decisions more easily.
>
>  Even in this tiny sample, MIRAPEX is strongly implicated as a cause of
>HUGE drops in blood pressure. Permax, Parlodel and Sinemet (and its
>generic form, Carbidopa-Levodopa) are suspected as well.:
>
>  Any COMMENTS or THOUGHTS or ADDITIONAL RESPONSES would be welcome. I
>will be glad to update the results and post to the whole List
>periodically, if more of you add respones.
>
>___________________________________________________________________________
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>                       PARKINSON's LOW BLOOD PRESSURE SURVEY
>
> Number. of Responses received: 9
>
>< 1)" What is your gender (female or male), current age in years, time
>since PD onset in years?"
>
>   8 males. 1 female
>
>   79/8, 74/6. 69/5, 67/16, 65/1, 63/11, 54/10, 48/10, 48/10.
>
>< 2)" What is your typical blood pressure?"
>
>  145/70*, 130/90 130/80, 130/80, 127/75**, 116/80, 115/70, 115/70,
>110/70
>  (*before PD; **highest, ranges usually from 95-115 for systolic)
>
>< 3)" Do any medications seem to lower your B.P.?"
>
>< 4)"  How low has it gotten?"
>
>   I have linked your answers to Questions 3 and 4 as follows:
>
>  70/30 (Mirapex); 78/42 (Mirapex), 90/60 (Mirapex and Sinemet); 90/60
>(Permax), 80 - 100/?        (Parlodel and Sinemet), 101/50 (Permax),
>105/68 (Permax and  Carbidopa/Levodopa), 112/70      (Mirapex),  ?/?
>(Parlodel)
>
>   The pattern I see is MIRAPEX is involved in the 3 LOWEST pressures
>reported, and Permax or Parlodel are also consistently involved.
>
>    Mirapex dropped my usual 116/80 to 70/30 --I have had to give it up
>TOTALLY.
>
>Ivan Suzman
>Portland, Maine 48/10
>
 With me, taking a 40mg Apomorphine dropped my Bp to 30/50. So I'm not
taking Apomorphine.


Yours and His

David L. Moreland, 54/10
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