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charlotte, what is comtan?? thanks paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "charlotte A mancuso" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 2:27 AM Subject: Re: Symptoms > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn