Hello Sue, and welcome. Glad your dad is going to see a specialist--that's
a great way to go. I'm not surprised about his reaction to Mirapex, for
although it really helps some foilks, my husband had a terrible
paranoid/hallucinatory episode on it, and because of that we know he is
subject to hallucinations, and have to be careful with ANY of the meds.
I just posted info about the sublist for Caregivers, which may interest
you. Stay connected!
Sue wrote:
>Hello everyone>
>My name is Sue; My Dad's name is Everett. He was diagnosed with PD two
>years ago. Dad is now 76.>
>Dad's PD symptoms began showing up two years ago, shortly after he finished
>6 months of chemo for colon cancer.
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>He's been seeing a nuerologist in his hometown but I've scheduled an early
>October appointment with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Parkinson's
>Clinic. Dad's currently taking:
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>He was also taking Mirapex 1.5 mg (3 per day) but, as of yesterday's MD
>appointment, he's stopped taking Mirapex. He was hallucinating and having
>nightmares. The Mirapex didn't seem to help his walking at all either.
Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 80/9
Oxford,OH
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