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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