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Michel: You're right, of course, the only way to tell
for sure is to test the drug  on yourself, but I do
get so tired of being a human guinea pig...Carole H.
P.S. I just had a flash of insight. Do you think that
was why I felt such empathy for our dear, departed
p-gs?

--- Michel Margosis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Carole Hercun wrote:
>
> > Hi Michel: Hate to disagree with you but have been
> > doing a lot of research re:ReQuip and these are
> not
> > uncommon side-effects. Had been on Permax for
> 1-1/2
> > years, and my experience with it was a walk in the
> > park compared to my problems with ReQuip. You need
> to
> > remember two things with dealing with medications.
> > #1. We are each of us, even with the same illness,
> > unique, and may respond quite differently to the
> same
> > medication.
> > #2. Newer drugs are often initially marketed as
> free
> > of side-effects, for example, Prozac. No drug is
> > side-effect free. It just takes a little longer
> for
> > the data on the newer ones to surface.
> >                         Carole Hercun, RNC
>
> Dear Carole:
>
> I fully realize the uniqueness of each PWP, and I
> make it
> a habit to get the PPI with each drug; these are
> controlled
> by the FDA for accuracy.  These inserts are the same
> as
> the drug monograph in the PDR, and I see that for
> most
> PD medication, the list of adverse and side effects
> are
> substantially longer than for the other subjects.
> Many of
> these side effects were usually experienced by a
> very
> small group, usually less than 5%.  Unless I can see
> the
> actual studies in the peer reviewed journals, it is
> hard to
> know who the subjects tested were; sometimes a drug
> is tested on a volunteer who is not afflicted.
> The only way to really know is to put oneself under
> test.
>
> Michel
>

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