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By the way, my husband noticed thining of her too and he is on PERMAX. We do not know if this is due to agonist or simply due to dopamine loss.I hope we hear from more people. Emily ----- Original Message ----- From: "nkporter" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 12:30 PM Subject: Re: thinning hair > Curious. I am taking a phase III clinical trial dopamine agonist. It is > really all I take for PD, and have been on it for a little over a year. > I have noticed the same kind of hair thinning, and have tried to find out > what is causing it. Some times it seems to get worse, and other times it > seems to slow down. My trial meds are working so nicely I hate to think > they might be responsible. I think I would take feeling well and wearing > a wig over the alternative. > > I remember seeing an article about hair loss related to two of the > dopamine agonists in one of the "ask the doctor" email posts a while > back, but I don't remember which ones they were. > > Nancy P > > > > >I'm taking Requip 10mg/day...for 5 months now. Have seen a gradual but very > >noticeable change in my hair which has become thin & the texture "spider > >webbish". I would like to hear from anyone on the List who has had this > >problem and, if so, what they have done about it. > > > >With only being on this drug for 5 months now, I am alarmed to think of the > >effects on a long-term basis...with all of the problems of PD, do I have to > >become bald too? > >Dee > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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