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RedwonJ wrote > Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 18:53:01 EST From: RedwonJ <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: feedback needed > > Ineed information from any and everyone that has taken requip. I am > now on > 2.5 mgs and my hands and feet and ankles are swollen. I am taking it to > control tremor but it seems to be exaccerbating the tremor noticibly. > My > doctor wants me to increse up to 3.0mgs before I see him again. The > only > other medication I am on Is one eldepryl a day. Did anyone have any > similar > experience.? Does anyone have a suggestion as to how I should proceed. > I > will be grateful for any input. I have been taking ReQuip for nearly 6 months ( now on 9mg per day; 3x3mg). I also have 2x5mg Benzhexol (which I have been on since first diagnosed over six years ago). My understanding was that ReQuip works to loosen the rigidity; in fact the doctor implied that it would not help tremor. So if I take ReQuip to loosen me up I do have a very short period when the tremor feels worse. My prodlems with ReQuip are the nausea and the yawning which happens after about one hour. Others on the list have quoted similar effects. The "patient information leaflet" also refers to these. It also refers to "swelling of the arms and legs" as potential side effects. I stopped taking I stopped taking Eldepryl when I started ReQuip. Hope this is if interest. Regards Bob Hills (46/6) Leeds England