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Donna, Since your dad is having some problems with the Mirapex and his physician is more comfortable with Requip it probably is a good idea to switch. It is important for a physician to become comfortable and experienced with drugs that they prescribe. Since he participated in the preclinical trials of Requip it makes sense that he has developed a comfort with the drug and given a choice assuming that was a good experience he would choose it over a drug he is not familiar with. I am going to be switching to requip after Christmas from Mirapex in the hope that I get better efficacy. Good luck to your father and happy holidays. Charlie Donna A. Bassolino wrote: > > Hi Everyone - Happy Holidays ! > > I haven't been able to deal with the volume of mail lately - hope I > haven't missed anything ! > > My dad's latest N visit was last week - The N was annoyed that he hasn't gotten > higher than 1.5 mg/Mirapex ... still light-headed and not feeling good at > higher doses. > Wants to switch him to ReQuip - I've picked up that this guy isnt comfortable > with Mirapex and its dosing etc. I know he didn't know much about it before it > was released. However he was involved with pre-release ReQuip. > > Aren;t they about the same though ? I know some of you have switched - what > do you think ? > > Scientifically I gather they are fairly equivalent - but we all know people > react to the same meds differently. > > My dad may switch after the holidays - this was no time to play around. > > BTW - he is only on an agonists (now Mirapex) - he was able to cut the Sinemet > out right away - which was good cause it made him deathly sick. > > Hope everyone has a happy healthy holiday - our prayers are with those > having a difficult time ... welcome new members. > > Talk to you soon > > Donna > (daughter of PD dad 74/1 yr 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] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- CHARLES T. MEYER, M.D. Middleton, WI [log in to unmask]