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What country are you in ? There's no ban on medicating young onsets in England - Tho 10 minutes with a (good0 consultant twice yearly is a bit minimal Quoting angela hamon <[log in to unmask]>: > Regardless of these varying opinions of mirapex, i can assure you that ANY > help would be appreciated when doctors ping-pong the young onset back and > forth and the job loss, friends loss, drooling, falling, and wondering where > she is, it terrifying. I know the drug has side effects, but stage 3 symptoms > are absolutely merciless, and I wish I could get more aggressive treatment > for her in this country. Many Drs oversease seem to know that head and neck > injuries cause PD, but in the USA, they act like parkinsons doesn't hurt if > the victim doesn't complain much, but falls often, and tries to wander about. > How can they watch see this behavior in the office and not care? > I know my daughter is not the only one getting slack treatment. I wish no one > did, but I am sure there are others out there with symptoms sprialing out of > control, to whom Mirapex or any extra dopamine agonist would be a godsend., > Is there FDA indications about age and parkinson's medications? I mean to > ask, is it just accepted protocol or is there REALLy an FDA warning not to > medicate the younger sufferers. They are always trying to give her > tranquilizers or pain pills and we refuse those. > > > Below are some of your comments I found really interesting. . . . > > > > Mirapex is a dopamine agonist which is very effective in boasting dopamine> > and, therefore, function in PWP.> > Before Mirapex was prescribed for RLS it > was widely used for PD.> > Side effects can include hallucinations, psychosis > and an increase in> negative behaviors such as gambling and sexual > addiction.> > It was very effective in addressing my husband's depression, > tremor and> dystonia (painful muscle contractions).> ----------> God bless> > Mary Ann (CG Jamie 68/28 with PD) > > > approval letter stated "for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of> > > idiopathic Parkinson's disease" (quoted from the FDA approval letter> > dated > July 1,> > 1997).> >> > It has gotten a lot of attention for RLS because of > recent> > direct-to-consumer advertising. The RLS indication was only > approved last> > year.> >> > Wilson DeCamp> > Leesburg, VA> > (retired from > 22+ years at FDA) > _________________________________________________________________ > Your smile counts. The more smiles you share, the more we donate. Join in. > www.windowslive.com/smile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Wave2_oprsmilewlhmtagline > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn