 |
 |
Well I guess I will have to get in on this subject, I am 59, was diagnosed in 1988. I now take two 50/100 in a glass Dr Pepper each morning at about 5:30 Then starting at 6 itake 1 50?200 Cr, I 200 mg Comtan and 1.5 mg Mirapex every four hours whith final dose at 6 pm ad i gennerally tayb on fopt miost of the day. i retires about a year and a half ago. i am on Oregon PERS and federsal Disability With this combination I have justabout the amount i was making when I was employed by the oregon Department of Revenue. Your routine sounds similar to mine. I had a bilateral Pallidotomy in August of 1995.And I think that is still helping me. At 12:27 AM 6/26/2002 -0700, you wrote: >George/Scott, > >It's none of my business, and I'm jumping into the middle of a thread, >but I can't help commenting on the dosages I'm reading for Requip >especially (for what it's worth). > >According to my Movement Disorder Specialist, and everything I've heard >and read about Requip, 6mg of Requip is just about the very least you can >take for a therapeutic effect. Now I suppose that some people may have >had a beneficial effect with 4 or 5, but 6-7mg/day is considered the >start of a therapeutic dose for Requip. You can go up to 24 mg/day, >although that is the max. > >Incidentally, the dosing is very different from Mirapex, which, mg for >mg, is much more potent. I started with Mirapex, and found it harder to >take than Requip, and found that after trying for months, I couldn't get >past 1 1/2 mg/day--1/2, 3 times per day. My doctor had me switch to 7mg >of Requip after a short titration, and I found that, yes indeed, 7 mg was >just about the equivalent of 1 1/2 mg of Mirapex. The max for Mirapex >is, I believe, around 6 mg. > >Also, most people take 25/100, rather than 50/200, although you are >taking extended release. Extended release doesn't work real well for a >lot of people. Have you tried regular Sinemet with Comtan? > >I hope you don't mind my little opinions and ideas. Good luck to you >both. > >Charlotte Mancuso > >On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 23:13:50 -0700 scott burnett <[log in to unmask]> >writes: >> george, >> Your situation sounds similar to mine. Same time schedule, >> similar >> problems but add on neck and back pain, fatigue and a feeling of >> "not being >> right" when I'm off. I recently upped my dosage of requip to 6 mg a >> day >> and that helped some. Stress really makes a difference to me so >> the issue >> of continued work is of real concern. I am changing to what I hope >> is a >> much less stressful position next school year so I evaluate that as >> time >> goes on. I spent several weeks looking into the California State >> Teachers >> Retirement systems disability set up aand it looks pretty good. >> Even >> though I intend to keep working and adapting my schedule and >> workload as >> much as I'm allowed, it made me feel alot better to have the info at >> hand. >> Someone from the list put it very well I thought when they wrote, >> "I have >> a cup of energy to use each day, and I have to decide where I want >> to use >> it; at work, with friends or with family." That's not an exact >> quote but >> you get the point. Somewhere down the road, all of us PWP's will >> have to >> make a personal choice. When and where it will be is up to us. >> Scott from California >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > Yours and His David L.Moreland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn