Hi . My thanks to everbody who gave advice. I initially
reduced my dosage of Eldepryl to 5mg a day, taken early AM, but this had
little affect on my difficulty with sleeping. I have since stopped taking
Eldepryl completely with good results with sleeping and no change in my
tremor or stiffness.
When I was first prescibed Eldepryl, it had minimal
side affects, so I can only assume that over 10yrs that my tolerance to
Eldepryl has deteriorated.
Jim Wiles
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Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 8:33
PM
Subject: ELDEPRYL
Hi Everybody. I am a newcomer to the list. I am 59
years old and have had PD for 10years. I have been following the mail on the
merits of Requip vs Sinemet with interest. Since my diagnosis my Doctor
has prescribed Eldepryl (Selegilene) 10mg per day to delay as long as
possible, he says the sideaffects of taking Levdopa.
Orginally PD only affected my RHS, but recently
the tremour/stiffness has also shifted to my LHS .
I am also now finding it difficult to sleep at night. Has
anybody had a similar experience with the use of
Eldepryl.?
My concern is at what point should I be moving on to either
Requip or Sinemet.?
Jim Wiles
