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HI Natasha, Requip is used routinely in more advanced PD. I, for instance, am taking 28 mg of Requip per day, (more than the package insert max. recommended dose) because any more than my 600 mg of levodopa per day causes severe dyskinesia and this minimizes the levodopa I have to take. Often requip is used prior to starting sinemet but that is by far not its only use. Good luck Charlie. Dan & Natasha Slebiss wrote: > Hello to all and Happy New Year; > > My mother, Marta, age 72/5, is taking Sinemet 25/100 three times a day, > 1 tab in the AM, 1/2 tab at noon and PM. Along with Requip .25 mg two > tabs 3 times a day and one Zoloft 25 mg at bedtime. Mom is at a level > with PD, which I think would be called stage 3 or 4. The REQUIP was just > recently given to her along with the Sinemet. She has been on Requip now > for 4 weeks. Since on Requip Mom has fallen several times and complains > of being dizzy. I know being dizzy is a side effect, however my question > to all of you who may know is this: According to my research on Requip, > it states that it is meant for the early symptoms of PD. Mom is beyond > the early stages. What are your thoughts on this? > Mom is also going to Sunnyvale to the Parkinson's Institute to see Dr. > Tetrud in another 10 days. Has anyone on this list experienced a visit > there? > > Thank you all for taking the time to read my message. I have enjoyed the > information exchanges in the past. You are all quite the group to hang > out with. > > Thanks again > > Natasha -daughter to Marta 72/5 -- ****************************************************************************************** Charles T. Meyer, M.D. Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************************************