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DEAR RON-- I AM DELIGHTED TO HEAR YOUR NEWS REGARDING PERMAX. MY NEUROLOGIST PRESCRIBED IT FOR ME AS SOON AS IT WAS AVAILABLE. I HAVE BEEN DELIGHTED WITH THE FACT THAT IT HAS LENGTHENED THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TOLERATE SINEMET. THE VERY BEST OF LUCK TO YOU!!!!!!! Carol Gray <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 06:58:44 +0000 >From: Ron Herstell <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Pergolide (Permax/Celance) >To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> > >Dear Anne > >Many ythanks for the information about Permax you and others on this >list provided in response to my request. > >I really dont' know how to thank you all enough. As a result of what >you told me, I went to my Dr. and talked over the possibility of >trying it. He had never heard of it but looked it up and then asked >me was I sure I wanted to try it. > >Thanks to all the mail I had read by the list members, I was able to >say a very emphatic YES. So he prescribed it for me. > >Presenting the prescription to my friendly local pharmacist (she >really is marvellous!) resulted in more blank stares and yet more >perusal of the drug books. > >However, I finally got it (it's called Celance in the UK in case any >Britishers are listening) and started taking it. > >The effect was really quite startling. By the third day (dosage at >0.1 mg three times daily) I no longer had my evening twitches which, >by itself, made it worthwhile - before that, Margaret and I had been >thinking about single beds. > >To shorten a long story, I can report that I am now on 0.25 mg >three times daily but have REDUCED MY SINEMET CR INTAKE BY 50%!!! > >Fortunately, I did not suffer from any of the side-effects and I was >able to combine the effects of the Permax with those of taking the >Sinemet on an empty stomach - another tip I got from here, > >My Dr. is absolutely staggered at the results, and is going to see >his other PD patients and talk over with them the possibility of >trying this. > >None of this would have been possible without this mailinglist!!! > >Thanks again, and KOKO. > > > > >-------------------------------------- >Ron Herstell <[log in to unmask]> >Whittlesey >Peterborough >England > >