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Exciting to hear that the DBS was a great move for Laureen. Where did she have it done? It's so reassuring to have options to consider. Thanks for your response. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott E Antes" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 11:25 AM Subject: Re: Requip > Hi Linda. As I said last week or the week before, Laureen has used Requip > for the past four or so years, successfully. She didn't taper off > Sinemet. Well, I guess she did, unofficially, because the dyskinesia > SInement eventually caused were as bad as the PD tremors. So, she tried > taking less of the medication. No happy medium, so she opted for DBS. > Best PD-related move she ever made. The DBS controls her tremors and > eliminates dyskinesia. Requip helps her mobility. Good luck. Scott > > Scott E. Antes > Northern Arizona University > Department of Anthropology > PO Box 15200 > Flagstaff, AZ 86011 > ________________________________________ > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Linda [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 8:59 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Requip > > I am currently in the process of being switched from Sinemet to Requip. > Has anyone done this? I'm really hoping it will work well as Sinemet is > only effective for so long. The doc is titrating me up on requip, then > going to titrate me down on Sinemet. She said that Sinemet was very > dangerous to stop without slow titrating down. Seems like I should have > been told that when I first was prescribed it. I started on Sinemet in > May of 2010 so have been taking it for about 2 years and 3 months. > > Linda > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn