Ben, I have been taking Permax and getting great results. With the approval of my neurologist, I found that taking my Sinemet and Permax in half tablet doses twice as often smoothed things out very well. I am getting better results with fewer side effects. Dave Purdy Benjamin Winter wrote: > >... Should I give the Requip another try ... > > Requip is just one of several 'dopamine agonist' drugs. The > other two commonly used in North America are Mirapex and > Permax. Maybe your neuro could switch you to one of those. I > am on [a low dose of] Permax and, fortunately, am getting > some benefit with few unwanted side-effects. > > Ben Winter