Hi, This is Paula from PA. I don't know the answer to your question, but I take 7 one mg of Permax daily. I've never had any side effects. In fact my neuro encourages me to take more to aid the sinemet. Twelve years ago I started out with .5, then .25, then 1 mg. The only "problem" I find with Permax is the price - $ 4.57 per pill. Hope I helped at least a little. Paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roberta Innarella" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 10:06 AM Subject: Permax > I will be starting Permax (pergolide) soon and all of these postings are > making me nervous. I already have a cardiomyopathy. Exactly what is an ergot > derivitive? Roberta > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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