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Joan Hartman wrote: > Since people are writing in about mirapex and requip....here's my > input.....I take mirapex and have terribly swollen feet/ankles at times and > sleeplessness all the time at night and fatigue......the little I know about > requip is that at my very first PD support meeting at the local hospital, a > woman brought her husband in to the room in a wheelchair....when time for > questions and answers, she raised her hand told the speaker (a > neurologist)........that after three days on requip, her husband could not > walk...his legs just stopped working...he had an mri and various tests, > been to several other neuros, called the drug company and no one could tell > them why he could not walk anymore.....this has been about 8 or 9 months > ago and he's still in the chair...Joan H. Was the possibility and/or probability that the inability to walk might be attributed to causes other than the medication? Progression of the disease? Michel