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I'll definitely keep an eye on edema issues as they have been ever present for me for several years now. I'll post to the list about this as I go. Thanks for your response. It is so helpful to hear from others. Are there any other Parkinsons lists that are quite active? I had some difficulty finding this one and am so glad I did. Thanks again. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Cochran" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:37 AM Subject: Re: Requip > Linda, > > I started with Requip as Meg describes, as a monotherapy before going on > carbilevodopa. I didn't like Requip— edema, sleep attacks while driving. > Eventually I switched to Mirapex and found it more tolerable, adding c/l > after that. About a year and a half ago I titrated down the Mirapex, so > I'm > at a very low dose. > > I've never heard of anyone getting off c/l and onto Requip. > > Kathleen > > On 28 August 2012 03:27, Meg Duggan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> 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