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I've been having PD symptoms since 2000. My Dr. first put me on Mirapex, along with Sinemet and selegeline. Mirapex made me so sleepy that I would have to crash in the middle of the afternoon, and I would sleep up to 2 hours. Then Dr. took me off Mirapex and put me on a very low dose of Requip, 2mg, 3 times a day, with the same set of other drugs. The drowziness ended. Now I am up to 7mg 3 times a day, and it seems to work well for me. As far as I understand, Requip is a neuro-receptor stimulator, like Mirapex. The one thing I can say about Requip is that, now that my dosage is higher, if I don't take it with food, I get stomach pain; not like I'm going to toss my cookies, more of a concentrated discomfort, specifically in the stomach. Haven't had any other side effects. And as long as I eat within an hour of taking Requip, I have no problem. Check out the info online and talk to your Dr. Hope this was the type of response you wanted. Enjoy! Rick McGirr Email: [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Pfeffer" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 5:09 PM Subject: Question to Mirapex users > For those of you taking Mirapex, have you found it makes you drowsy to the > point where it affects your driving? If so, were you able to resolve the > problem? > > I'm looking for ways to solve this for myself -- ideas for other medications, > techniques... whatever has worked for you. > > To cut down on my email load, please respond only if you have a direct answer > to my question. I love hearing from everyone, but it's hard for me to go > through 100 email messages. Thanks for understanding. > > Best regards, > Anne Pfeffer > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > 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