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On 4 Apr 00 at 23:58, Daniel Wachula wrote: > > My father was diagnosed about a week ago. He is taking a drug called > Mirapex. I guess that this drug is about 2 years old. He lives in > Illinois and he needs to be active all the time - he works out every > other day. My question is - does anybody have any information about > this drug? and what about the drug called levodpa? I have heard that > l-dopa wears off after a few years which is why he is taking Mirapex? > Any comments will be great. > Hi Daniel, I'll let the Dr.s on the list comment.... I'll give you a couple of web sites where you can access the drug packet insert type of information on-line. (rx monographs) Mayo Clinic Medicine Centre (Search by Name) http://www.mayohealth.org/usp/di/uspA-AM.htm type Mirapex in the search box... PRAMIPEXOLE (Systemic) Some commonly used brand names are: In the U.S.- Mirapex Category - Antidyskinetic (dopamine agonist) http://www.mayohealth.org/usp/html/203739.htm RxList - The Internet Drug Index http://rxlist.com/ type levodopa in the Search box... hhhhhhhmmmmmmm..... inconsequential.... http://www.rxlist.com/interact.htm type parkinson's in the keyword search box... voila! 7 hits... carbidopa / levodopa is one... http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/sinemet.htm (a very interesting read... ) You may also wish to read Brian Collins layman text on carbidopa/levodopa... http://james.parkinsons.org.uk/brian/htm (excellent reading as well) > > Thanks for the newsletters on Web sites for PD. My Dad does not have a > computer so I need to gather as much information on this as I can. > > Thanks! > Dan in Wisconsin > Hey Dan, I'm glad somebody likes 'em! welcome to the *club*. .................. murray [log in to unmask]