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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