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Unfortunately, had the same problem with Requip, and to some extent, Permax, which I am currently taking. My symptoms (immobile arm and dragging leg) are primarily right-sided and when taking any of the agonists have experienced swelling in right ankle and leg, which had also been broken in a fall off a stage in high school, more years ago than I like to remember... Carole H. --- William Heitman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > In a message dated 11/8/99 8:38:17 PM Central Standard > Time, [log in to unmask] > writes: > > << I am having bad joint pain > in my knees. Just started saturday, and I started my > full dose of > Mirapex friday (1.5mg)day. >> > > I'm fairly certain that someday the manufacturer will be > announcing joint > problems as a common side effect. So far, I don't > believe I have seen this > in print. > > However, several listmembers (including myself have had > aggravations in joint > problems. My story is that I got ankle swelling--left > worse than right. It > happens that I sprained my left ankle badly about 22 > years ago. > > A list lady had a reactivation of hip and spine > arthritis. So extrapolating > from that and other antidotal tales (which is a very > non-scientific thing to > do) I believe that Mirapex causes joint symptoms - more > frequently in > previously injured /abnormal joints, in some people > > Suggestion: Ask your doc for a switch to Requip. If > that works, remember > but don't sweat the problem with Mirapex. > > Regards, > WHH 56/38/37 > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com