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Thanks for the encouragement, Rita. It is so very helpful for other to share in this dratted disease both for the empathy and for the ideas. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 4:19 AM Subject: Re: Requip > Linda, > Take heart and try to see what works best for you. I am now 68, have been > on Sinemet (c/l) since 1992.....tried mirapex (sleep attacks, weight gain, > edema, lack of good night time sleep). so I stay away from the agonists > since 1999. I do still drive, manage the household and most household > chores, sew, shop, travel. > > Rita Weeks > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linda <[log in to unmask]> > To: PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wed, Aug 29, 2012 1:00 am > Subject: Re: Requip > > > Thank you for responding to my post. The doctor feels I am too young to > be > on c/l and wants me to try requip. She wants to reserve c/l since it's > usefulness is time limited. I guess hearing that requip is often used as > a > duo therapy with c/l relieves me a bit about titrating all the way up > before > titrating down on sinemet. I don't think the sinemet has been doing > enough > for me or else my PD is advancing much faster than I'd hoped. I am 68 and > have been diagnosed since May of 2010. I began the c/l to maximize my > strength and movement so I could enjoy my new granddaughter and be of more > help to my daughter at that time. Of course, getting off the c/l is a > rather big question mark. Has anyone here done that? What was the > result? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Meg Duggan" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 11:27 PM > Subject: Re: Requip > > >> I'm slightly confused about getting off sinemet and on to requip. Requip >> is usually used as duo therapy with sinemet or as a mono therapy before >> sinemet. Requip is a dopamine agonist, usually started per c/l or added >> when sinemet is not doing all it could do. Are you young? Does your doc >> think he started you on c/l too early? Or are u having bad side effects >> with the c/l? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Aug 27, 2012, at 10:59 AM, Linda <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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