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Thanks for the information, Charlie - and also thanks to Martha R. The neuro has me scheduled for liver tests already. Sure hope this med assists me in zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz staying awake <grin>, 'cause I seem to spend much of the late afternoon and early evening dozing! YECH!! I can do THAT when I'm older - LOTS older! Barb Mallut ---------- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Charles T. Meyer Sent: Monday, November 17, 1997 5:43 PM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Re: Anyone heard of This Drug? HI Barb, Pemoline is the generic name of a drug with the brand name of Cylert. It is primarily used for kids and sometimes adults who have attention defect disorder. It acts as a stimulant similar to Ritalin but it lasts through the day (or at least is supposed to). Recently it has fallen somewhat out of favor because of a few deaths due to liver failure. This is extremely rare and likely can be prevented by monitoring liver function studies early in treatment. It should not cause problems with PD meds and theoretically at least should increase dopamine in the synapse. Charlie Barbara Mallut wrote: > > Hey youse all! Will ya go into your respective personal memory banks and try > to remember if ya have heard of a drug named "PEMOLINE?" And IF ya know > anything about it, will ya please drop me an email with the information or > anecdotes? > > I went to Kaiser (an HMO for those who haven't heard of it) today to talk to a > neuro about the bone-crushing fatigue that I've been plagued by and after > discussing Ritalin and some other options, the MD suggested I try Pamoline - > which I'd never heard of before. She said it's used like Ritalin in most > instances.... > > My concern is I don't know this MD at all as she's a "per deim" physician at > Kaiser sitting in for my regular Kaiser neuro, who's on leave ( I've only > seen HIM once and wasn't all that crazy about 'em. He basically just told me > to "live with it" when I saw him specifically to discuss the fatigue). > > This "Rent-a-Doc" <grin> seemed to be drug-savvy, but she wasn't too up on PD > - and admitted it (and I appreciate her admitting that, to tell ya the truth). > > Sooooo, m'friends, anything ya got on Pemoline would be welcome. > > Thanks a lot.... > > Barb Mallut > [log in to unmask] -- CHARLES T. MEYER, M.D. Middleton, WI [log in to unmask]