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Hello fellow parkies, I have a few questions concerning requip. First is anyone out there using requip? It seems so many of you have mentioned being on tasmar, but I don't hear about anyone using requip. For anyone on requip I'd like to ask how you take it....along with your sinemet? with or without a meal or food of some sort? How many times a day do y ou take it and at what dosage did you feel the effects of the requip? What side effects, if any, has anyone had while using requip. I started taking it in April and titrated up very slowly to 2 mg 3x /day, but was getting so nauseous and sleepy I titrated down a bit for awhile to see if my body could get more use to it. I wanted to stay on it as I was getting more "on" time with it and less of a head bob. Now I have titrated back up to 2.5 mg 3x/day and again so often feel nauseous and so sleepy for it about an hour after taking it with food, and my sinuses get all stuffy...this all passes in about another hour. I've tried taking it with the sinemet at the same time, but that makes me soooo sleepy I have to lay down and go to sleep for 2 hrs! If I just take the r equip with my meals it doesn't seem to work unless I'v e taken my sinemet about 1+1/2 hours before....I'm, wondering if there is a correct way to take this med. I'm the first one my doc has tried this medicine on, so he and I just have the info sheet the company that makes requip sends out and that just says take 3x/day. I called a sales rep from the company and he suggested taking it 3 x a day with food, but I find in order to get any benefit from the requip it has to be taken in a certain window of time in relation to when sinemet is taken and that get s so complicated !! Any thoughts, ideas, helpful clues on how best to use this would be very appreciated. thanks Patsy Manning