Dear Brian and group, Yeah!!! A survey -- I love them. Thank you Brian for offering to analyze the data - you're the right person to do it. Questions: 1/ Which Dopamine Agonist are you taking? ----- Cabergoline\Dostinex ----- 2/ When did you start taking it? ----- 8/96 ------ 3/ When were you diagnosed as having PD? ----- 6/80 ------- 4/ What was your age when diagnosed? ----- 38-------- 5/ When do you believe (with hindsight) that you experienced first symptoms? ----- 3 yrs before ------- 6/ What is your present daily intake of levodopa? (Sinemet, Madopar) ----- 750 mg Sinemet ------ 7/ What is your present daily intake of Dopamine Agonist? ---- .30 mg cabergoline -- 2 @ 50 mg.tabs x 3 times/day------ 8/ Has your neurologist advised you of the max. safe dose for your agonist? This is it! 30 mg which is approximately the same as 30mg. of Permax----- Margaret Tuchman Princeton, NJ DOB 1941/Dx 1980 [log in to unmask] The Parkinson Alliance We take responsibility for OUR future! -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Brian Collins Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 6:43 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Sorting out the Agonists