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fleurette, i have just ended a 3 month experiment with requip. i was taking mirapex - had some dyskinesia and a tendency to narcolepsy.so we tried requip. ir tookthreemonths to reduce the mirapex, bring up the requip and see what happened. unfortunately, what happened was not good - my dyskinesia got much worse, i developed a tendency to crash i.e. change in a matter of minutes, even seconds from dyskinsia to bradykminesia, even dystonia. added to this, i lost the anti depressive effect of mirapex, so i had some real bad episodes of depression. last tuesday, my doctor suggested i get off the requip and onto miorapex again - and by Friday i had flipped totally to mirapex. it worked - i am feeling much better - still get dyskinesia, but my 'useful' time, between dystonia and dyskinesia has been extended and i've actually mananged to do some packing towards my move next week! so requip wasn't the designer drug of choice for me! btw, i also take sinemet, comptan and inderol (this last for migraine prevention) bromocryptine(parlodel) is one of the old standard agonists - possibly even the firs one. Th at is what i was prescribed when ui first came here in 1984. it has various u unrelated properties - for instance is given to new mothers whop do not want to nurse as it will dry up the milk. it also can cause tremendous migraines n those wh o hgavwe a tendency. we were not happy together - and yet i took it right through my third pregnancy - of course i did not have any milk, but otherwise every th ing was normal i hope these descriptions of my own personal experiences have helped you a little hilary 51,33,24 Leo Fuhr wrote:> > Fleurette, Requip is an agonist and is used alone in early stage > Parkinson's or with levodopa/carbidopa to extend the time between doses. > If you check the archives, there should be many posts about Requip and > other agonists. > > The insert with my requip states that usually you start w/low dose and > gradually increase. My neuro gave me a starter pack of requip from the > drug company. It may take awhile to see/feel results from this med. > > One side effect that has lessened for me was some stomach upset in the > initial use. Requip can also cause drowsiness and until you know it's > effect on you, you may want to avoid driving or using power tools, etc. > > I am not familiar with Bromocriptine. > > Jeanette Fuhr 49/47/44? > > ---------- > From: Fleurette Leonard <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Requip and Bromocriptine > Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 1:10 PM > > THERE IS USUALLY NO RESPONSE TO MY QUESTIONS - CAN YOU READ THIS ONE? NEED > INFO ON REQUIP (ROPINEROLE) - AWAIT YOUR EMAIL. > Fleurette