> Mirapex is one of several drugs now used to treat PD. All of these drugs > are routinely prescribed to control symptoms. If your daughter's doctor > refuses to give her the drug, get another doctor. There is no excuse for > any neurologists not to try a variety of meds in order to control her > symptoms. Since the daughter's parkinsonism is due to a trauma (from what I remember), there may be reasons for not using some meds. But I agree, the first thing to do is to find a good movement disorder specialist maryse ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn