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At 10:55 AM 11/19/97 -0500, you wrote: >My dad is on Mirapex ... in general he's doing much better than on the >Sinemet (which has now been eliminated). He was "sicker than a dog" on that >now at least he's alert and functional though his walking isn't what it >used to be pre-PD. > >He's at 0.625 mg in the am (9:30) ... 0.5 at noon and 0.5 at dinner (about 6). >He's tried going to the higher dose - his N wants him at 1mg 3x - but he >feels dizzy and light headed at any higher dose than he's taking now. > >But now I'm wondering if he's not taking them too close together ... the Dr >said with meals and thats when my dad eats B-L-D (retirees don't have to get >up and eat at un-Godly hours) ... but it really puts his lunch dose at >only 3 hours after his morning one - maybe its a bit of an OD those few hours. > >Another related ? is that he uses Xalatan drops in his eys for Glaucoma. >The info packet with that says it can cause dizziness/nausea - but he's >been on that for over a year with no problem ... maybe something between >that and high dose of Mirapex ? > >any comments suggestions ? > >Donna > >(daughter of PD dad 74 dg 1/97 Mirapex) > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >- Donna Bassolino-Klimas, Ph.D. > Bristol Myers Squibb Pharma. Res. Inst. > Department of Macromolecular Structure > P.O. Box 4000 Room H3812 > Princeton, N.J. 08543 4000 > > (609) 252 4413 > INTERNET: [log in to unmask] > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Gordon thought the first two a bit close. He takes his first when he wakes around 6a.m. Could your Dad do something earlier with a cracker or something?Gord is fond of cookies.(:D.. Mirapex has helped his walking a lot. His pallidotomies alleviated tremors to a large extent, so at the moment we are doing well and are very grateful--Regards, Thea and Gordon Seese