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Well, I've decided to join the club and give Requip a try. My only PD medication now is Eldepryl. I left my neuro's office with about four pounds of samples (.25 mg) with those damn plastic pill strips hanging out everywhere. Did the manufacturer ever think that plastic pill strips is the worst way to deliver medication to a PWP. I fight that thing everytime. My neuro believes in slow and easy. I'm starting 1 pill/day the first week, 2 pills the second, three the third. On the fourth week I will be up to 6 pills/day which amounts to a whopping 1.5 mg. He says that young PWPs need far less than the older types. He believes that I will probably settle in around 2 mg/day (also my symptoms are still rather mild). He is so confident, that he suggested that I order a 90 day supply of the .25 mg pills which comes to 812. That would be a mighty big package. I'm holding off until I find my equillibrium point. Slight nausea, lightheadedness and mild lack of mental focus immediately after the pill are my only symptoms thus far.