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Hi I take .50 mg of requip three times a day and one sinemet 25/100 two times a day when I start to get stiff and hard to move around I up the requip by .25 mg to one of my daily doses . Over the last year the doc has up me from .25 mg three times a day to the .50 mg requip very slowly for once in the morning after a couple of months added it to the noon dose then this summer I added it to my evening dose and am doing much better. Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: Charlotte M <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 10:25 PM Subject: Re: Requip > Hi Lorraine, > > Just my two cents. I'm amazed that you can see any benefit from such a small > dose of Requip. Requip has a high dosing range, and although there is always > individual responses to therapy, .25 mg, that is 1/4 mg 3t/day is far less than > what I thought was a therapeutic dose, which I believe is 6 to 7 mg per day, or, > say, 2 mgs 3 times per day. Is your neuro intending to titrate up your dose? > I'm curious to know what benefit you're getting from having added it. For what > it's worth I take Requip (3 mg) 4 times a day usually with food, and sinemet > before or long after meals, 4 times per day (25/10). It's interesting to see > how very different individual responses are. > > Regards, > > Charlotte > > Lorraine Jeffe wrote: > > > This has been discussed before,but I wasn't taking it at that time.Right > > now I'm taking 25/100 of sinement 3 times a day. > > Because of a slight balance problem I was put on requip .25 mg 3 times > > a day.this summer took them together, but I was having some nausea. My > > neuro suggested I take the requip with meals and this seemed to be the > > solution. In addition to the nausea I had some dizziness.For the last > > two weeks I've tried to take my sinement at least 45 mins. before > > meals,which seems to be easy to do before breakfast,but not usually for > > lunch and dinner. It was suggested that I take the requip every eight > > hrs to maximize the benefit.Well that's o.k. the first thing in the > > morniing,but the middle one and the last of the day are done at all > > times. I am a snacker and have difficulty eating a lot at meals except > > breakfast.My system seems to tolerate the requip without taking at meals > > now and I've had only one dizzy spell,which lasted just a few > > seconds.Also I'm not certain whether my gait is as good later in the day > > then it was.Well I guess my question is just what is the optimum way to > > take these two meds--together, spread out, etc? > > Perhaps Kathryan could answer this. > > > > Thanks > > > > Lorraine Jeffe > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn