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Marg, Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. Greg 47/35/35 :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marg Meikle" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 9:53 PM Subject: Re: driving restriction while on Requip > My neurologist in Vancouver called me last week and told me to stop > driving--that he was now liable and had had some bulletin suggesting this. > We had gone over it before and he wasn't worried but this did it. So I'm not > driving for 3 weeks til I get this stuff out of my system (1 mg every 3 > days). Did the same with Mirapex. Stay tuned for the next episode of > agonist du jour. > > Marg Meikle > > -----Original Message----- > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Murray Charters > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 12:57 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: driving restriction while on Requip > > > 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] >