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Hi Mike and Barbara, I don't know of any ban and I called the Pharmacy and they have no info... I have seen this post from my friend Judith .... http://parkinson.ca/board/messages/165.html I'm aware of this background info... June 09 / 1999 Researchers Identify Potentially Dangerous Side Effect Of Dopamine Agonists http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/1060BE.htm July - 1999 Alert---Sleep Attacks Associated With Pramipexole (Mirapex) And Ropinerole (Requip). http://www.sd-pc.com/sleepalert.htm 02 / 14 / 2000 Anti-Parkinson Drug, Requip (Ropinirole), Can Cause Patients To Fall Asleep Without Warning http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/1647d2.htm I found no references on Health Canada's site re: driving... http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ Health Canada - Search on Requip http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb/drugs-dpd/company/c6992.html SmithKline Beecham's site (US) has no info restricting driving... SmithKline Beecham on Parkinson's / Requip http://www.sbhealthcast.com/docs.cfm/home/parkinson http://www.sbhealthcast.com/docs.cfm/Home/Parkinson/Requip United States Major pharmaceutical products of SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals (Scroll down to Requip) http://www.sb.com/products/index.html (US prescribing information) On 21 Feb 00 at 14:49, Mike Stewart wrote: > I understand that recently (Feb 2000) a ban on driving while on Requip > (Ropinerole) has been instituted in British Columbia, based on a release > from some "Canadian Health Bureau" dictum. Driver's liscences are a > provincial responsibility in Canada, while health warnings are often > issued by some National authorities. > > Can readers provide me a copy of the actual dictum as noted above? > Can readers advise if a similar ban has been instituted by other > jurisdictions in Canada, the US, England etc? > Can readers advise if the use of Mirapex (Pramiprexole) has similarly > led to a driving ban in any other jurisdiction? > > Your assistance and reply to both the list and my email would be > appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Mike > Vancouver, BC, CANADA > ************************************************** all the best ............ murray [log in to unmask]