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It seems that my mother is having an opposite reaction to Mirapex. She is having extreme freezing episodes that she can't even shuffle or walk backwards out of. Interesting Dick Swindler wrote: > > Dear Ivan - > > You're the first person besides Dick I've heard mention how powerful the .125 > mg of Mirapex/Pramipexole is. By the second day, he cut his normal Sinemet > dosage in half. Before he did that, he did have worse dyskinesia than he'd > ever had before. > > I'm guessing you can continue to cut back on your Sinemet some more until the > dyskinesias go away. > > Dick started on the .25 mg dose yesterday, and so far hasn't noticed any > additional dyskinesia. He's still doing very, very well on this new med. We > say it seems to have turned back the clock five years in terms of PD > symptoms. > > Glad to hear you're trying Mirapex. We hope it works as well for you as it > has for Dick. And we hope it keeps working this well for him! > > Warmly, Margie [log in to unmask] -- Bill Bell ([log in to unmask])