Did you ever get anywhere with this ?
Was that pharmacy in NJ of any help ?
just curious
donna
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> To List friends
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>
> A member of our support group has a problem and hopes the list can help.
> This is her story.
>
> Some (many?) drugs have a filler added to the active ingredients in the
> tablet .The Mirapex sold in Canada has just such a filler--- cornstarch.
> Cornstarch is not supposed to cause trouble but there are people who are
> allergic to it.
>
> This is what happened...
> She filled her prescription for Parkinson medication, she took the first
> dose and she had an allergic reaction. She read the fine print that
> comes with the Mirapex tablets and there, in the list of ingredients, she
> saw the problem-- cornstarch. She is severely allergic to cornstarch
> .............
>
>
> But this is the puzzle.
>
> She has been in a clinical trial for a year or more-- a clinical trial of
> Mirapex! She had no allergic reactions to the tablets used in the trials,
> in fact everything was just great. Is it possible for the meds used in the
> trial to have a different filler from the meds finally brought to market?
>
>
> Her doctor says she should stop taking Mirapex but it is not good to stop
> suddenly!!!!
>
>
> There are lots of questions raised by this story---
>
> Who makes Mirapex?
>
> Have they a web page? An 800 number?
>
> Do all versions of Mirapex contain cornstarch.?
>
> Do some tablets use other fillers?
>
> What are they?
>
> Who knows for sure what was used in the test tablets?
>
> Anyone else allergic to cornstarch?
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what we can do?
>
> Thanks
>
> Anne Rutherford 64 dx1980
>
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