At 10:11 am 15/09/97 -0400, Maryhelen Davila wrote:
>I somehow deleted my copy of 2 messages ...
>Would anyone on the LIST who may have a copy, please send me
>Their subjects were: SOMETHING INTERESTING FROM ALI, and AMAZING MIRAPEX.
Maryhelen,
Here they are....
Judith <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 08:14:07 -0400
From: Roberto Vigil <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Something interesting from Ali
Quoted from Infobeat news:
*** Muhammad Ali talks about his illness
Former heavyweight champ Muhammad Ali, his body gripped by Parkinson's
disease, said Monday boxing was a tougher challenge than the illness
he has battled for 16 years. The rare public discussion of Ali's
health came at a briefing called by drug company Pharmacia & Upjohn to
talk about medical advances in treating Parkinson's disease. Ali has
been taking one of the company's drugs, Mirapex, approved for the U.S.
market in July. But his wife, Lonnie, said the most improvement in his
condition came from a different, 50-year-old drug that has brought
back his ability to smile. A drug called Artane relaxed facial muscles
that had been frozen by the disease. For the full text story, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=4849898-5e8
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Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 15:20:13 -0400
From: tom riess <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Amazing Mirapex
I thought I would add my experience to the growing list of mirapex stories
- I believe mine is rather unique. I started mirapex about three weeks
ago and initially started very gradually titrating myself onto the drug.
At the same time I began reducing my sinemet and titrating myself off of
parlodel. I was taking 15 tabs of sinemet cr 50/200 a day and some times 18
when staying up late. After about ten days I was still having no
difficulty tolerating the mirapex and I had completely discontinued taking
the parlodel. At this point I yielded to my impatience and began
increasing my dose of mirapex more rapidly. Today is about 3 weeks after
beginning this trial and I am up to 3.75 mg per day total mirapex. But
what I find truly amazing is that for 3 days now I have not taken any
sinemet! It seems the mirapex must be potentiating my own endogenous
dopamine. I am also "on" all the time. In fact I wake up "on"" in the
morning. I have had PD for 16 years and have taken sinemet in one form or
another for over 14 years so this is truly amazing to me. My problems with
speech have improved markedly although I still have difficulty with
freezing. Also, my sleep has returned to essentially normal whereas before
I had great difficulty falling asleep (sometimes would lay in bed for
several hours without falling asleep and wake up in the morning very tired.
Now I fall asleep quickly and wake up alert.
regards,
tom
