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I have just been diagnosed with PD last Friday. Im om .5 Mirapex with a return visit for possible addition of low dosage of sinemet. Im still on inderal from an origional tremmor diagnosis. Im asking at my next appoint ment about stopping the inderol. ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy S. Shlaes <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 1999 5:20 AM Subject: Re: Switching from Mirapex to Permax. > > > > Bill - I am taking both Mirapex and Permax. I was introduced to Permax first > (as a supplement to the Sinemet, and instead of an increase in Sinemet > dosage). I had been suffering from restless legs at night and the Permax was > very helpful. I titrated up to 1/2 a tablet 3 times a day. > > About 18 months later, the leg problem rerturned and this time one Mirapex at > bedtime was added to the regimen. > > 3 months ago, when it looked like I needed more of something the dosage was > rearranged and currently I take: > Sinemet (25/100-1/2 tab) and Permax (.5 mg) together 4X/day > Mirapex (.25 mg) at bedtime > Eldepryl (5 mg) in A.M. > > Everything looks good for now > > Nancy Shlaes deGrazia