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by jeffisme
Wed Jun 01, 2016 3:50 pm
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: urinary issues from mirapex?
Replies: 11
Views: 2492

jeffisme

PS: I just joined the foundation, but still can't access the members only papers. does that take a couple of days?
by jeffisme
Wed Jun 01, 2016 3:21 pm
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: urinary issues from mirapex?
Replies: 11
Views: 2492

Re: urinary issues from mirapex?

many thanks for the good advice and links. forwarding both to my doctor.

jeff
by jeffisme
Wed Jun 01, 2016 2:54 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: urinary issues from mirapex?
Replies: 11
Views: 2492

Re: urinary issues from mirapex?

Thanks for the responses and the concern. Yes, I have been reading and reading about how to reduce it (I've been back to 1 mg a day total for a couple of days without any problem but worry about what will happen when I try to go below that), and it's all rather discouraging, more so because the neur...
by jeffisme
Wed Jun 01, 2016 12:13 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: urinary issues from mirapex?
Replies: 11
Views: 2492

urinary issues from mirapex?

hi, I've had RLS for years. it was first treated with requip but have been on a relatively low dose of mirapex (1 mg a day) for years until I started to have trouble with it in my arms for the first time about four or five months ago. My neurologist prescribed a neupro patch (1, 2 and then six mgs) ...
by jeffisme
Fri Feb 28, 2014 5:39 pm
Forum: Non-prescription Medicines, Supplements, Diet
Topic: working for me
Replies: 1
Views: 2691

working for me

I remember suffering from RLS when I was kid. What I called it back then was "itchy feet." It disappeared as a young adult but came back with a vengeance when I was in my late 40s. Basically nightly torture. Requip helped but then didn't. Out here in Portland, the doctor prescribed Mirapex...