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hi all At 20:52 1999/09/03 -0700, marg wrote: >Because of the recent study about Requip being a better bet for Young >Onsets (holds off the dyskenesia longer), my neurologist took me off >Sinemet. He put me on Mirapex though, as he said that chemically it is the >same aas Requip and he knows the dosing better. Any thoughts on this? >Sounds like they both are dicey for driving, but I think the Health Canada >warning bulletin was about Mirapex. >Thanks. Marg Meikle 43 / 2.5 mos. diagnosed, mother of a 20 month old >boy. if you need any further information don't forget about our list archives which can be searched either on the wwweb or by e-mail abstracts of most of the studies on ropinirole [Requip] and pramipexole [Mirapex] have been posted there, going back a couple of years trends that i see are: 1. levodopa is still the pd mainstay [for now] 2. anticholinergics seem to be going out of favour 3. the newer dopamine agonists have fewer side effects than the older ones and can be useful as mono-therapy pre-levodopa for early pd as well as adjunct-therapy with levodopa for later pd [can you tell i've read too many medical abstracts?] 4. the comt inhibitors are a brand new option [still in the works] and alternative to the above 5. and there are more choices coming... janet archive archiologist janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0 a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> <[log in to unmask]>