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At 06:44 PM 12/14/97 -0500, you wrote: >^^^^^^WARM GREETINGS FROM^^^^^^^^^^ >Ivan Suzman 48/10 [log in to unmask] >Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 16 deg. F North wind Roaring -- >Frigid wind-chill >*********************************************************** >Hello All, > > Do you experience side-effects such as feeling a little WOOZY? >Ankles swelling? Welcome to the world of low blood pressure!. > > The 4-question Low Blood Pressure Survey I posted in November has had >9 responses. THESE ARE LISTED BELOW for you to examine.. > > I hope the information at the bottom will help PWP's and CG's to make >decisions more easily. > > Even in this tiny sample, MIRAPEX is strongly implicated as a cause of >HUGE drops in blood pressure. Permax, Parlodel and Sinemet (and its >generic form, Carbidopa-Levodopa) are suspected as well.: > > Any COMMENTS or THOUGHTS or ADDITIONAL RESPONSES would be welcome. I >will be glad to update the results and post to the whole List >periodically, if more of you add respones. > >___________________________________________________________________________ _____ > PARKINSON's LOW BLOOD PRESSURE SURVEY > > Number. of Responses received: 9 > >< 1)" What is your gender (female or male), current age in years, time >since PD onset in years?" > > 8 males. 1 female > > 79/8, 74/6. 69/5, 67/16, 65/1, 63/11, 54/10, 48/10, 48/10. > >< 2)" What is your typical blood pressure?" > > 145/70*, 130/90 130/80, 130/80, 127/75**, 116/80, 115/70, 115/70, >110/70 > (*before PD; **highest, ranges usually from 95-115 for systolic) > >< 3)" Do any medications seem to lower your B.P.?" > >< 4)" How low has it gotten?" > > I have linked your answers to Questions 3 and 4 as follows: > > 70/30 (Mirapex); 78/42 (Mirapex), 90/60 (Mirapex and Sinemet); 90/60 >(Permax), 80 - 100/? (Parlodel and Sinemet), 101/50 (Permax), >105/68 (Permax and Carbidopa/Levodopa), 112/70 (Mirapex), ?/? >(Parlodel) > > The pattern I see is MIRAPEX is involved in the 3 LOWEST pressures >reported, and Permax or Parlodel are also consistently involved. > > Mirapex dropped my usual 116/80 to 70/30 --I have had to give it up >TOTALLY. > >Ivan Suzman >Portland, Maine 48/10 > With me, taking a 40mg Apomorphine dropped my Bp to 30/50. So I'm not taking Apomorphine. Yours and His David L. Moreland, 54/10 [log in to unmask]