... BETWEEN 1:33 & 7:22 EDT? SEEMED *THIN* TO ME FOR A SATURDAY...MAYBE THE WEATHER EVERYWHERE WAS AS GOOD AS IT WAS IN NJ! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emily and Julian Brinac" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 7:22 PM Subject: Re: thinning hair > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn