HI CHRIS, THE DOSE OF REQUIP I STARTED ON IS MINIMAL SO THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE MINIMAL: MOSTLY SOME BLURRED VISION AND SLEEPINESS. NO DOZE OFF OR DIZZINESS. BUT MY DOSE WILL BE INCREASING. I WILL LET YOU KNOW AS THINGS DEVELOP. HERE IS THE URL FOR AN ARTICLE ON REQUIP YOU MAY WANT TO READ- <A HREF="http://www.parkinson.org/reqp7298.htm">Click here: NEW STUDIES ON REQUIP</A>. IT IS costly but IT IS ONLY ONE OF TWO DRUGS THAT WILL SLOW THE PROGRESSION OF PD. MIRAPEX IS THE OTHER. DR LIEBERMAN SAYS IF REQUIP SIDE EFFECTS ARE TOO UNCOMFORTABLE, TRY THE OTHER. DO YOU READ THE OPEN FORUM? THERE ARE SOME REALLY GREAT AND HELPFUL PEOPLE THERE WHO HAVE A BROAD BASE OF EXPERIENCE. ALSO, THE SUPPORT IS PHENOMENAL! HERE IS THE URL- <A HREF="http://www.parkinson.org/shell/lyris.pl?enter=open-forum&text_mode=0&lang=english"> </A><A HREF="http://www.parkinson.org/shell/lyris.pl?enter=open-forum&text_mode=0&lang=english">Click here: open-forum</A><A HREF="http://www.parkinson.org/shell/lyris.pl?enter=open-forum&text_mode=0&lang=english"> </A> LET ME KNOW HOW THIS GOES FOR YOU AND GOD BLESS. CAROLINE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn