Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Thanks. I stopped taking Sinemet, maybe in October. Right about the same time I quit the Neurologist that prescribed it. Neither seemed to be doing me much good. Quite possibly, they both, made a bad situation worse. I saw the Sinemet-Diabetes link somewhere, on some medicine info data site. Never g...

Seems I might have read somewhere that Sinemet can cause Diabetes? Has anyone heard/read this?

I would give anything in the world, to be able, to say beyond the shadow of a doubt, that the Mirapex caused my BP problems. The only sure thing I can say, is that , after allowing time for my system, to clear itself, of the Mirapex, my BP returned to normal. My doctor could only give me an estimate...

The times I've checked it since that 48 hour mark, all have shown to be my normal 120/80 average.

I might be the 1 in 5000 or so, that it affects this way. The way I felt, towards the end, I hope I'm the only one.


Tony

I've been Mirapex-less for 48 hours now. I finally got a reading of 122/83 just a short while ago. Maybe my discontinuing Mirapex is the answer too.

Thanks,

Tony

My doctor recently switched me from Requip to Mirapex. We both felt the Requip had quit working, after a few dosage adjustments. I began The Mirapex starter pack that evening. A blood pressure check, at my Dentist's office, a week later yielded 140/100. All records they had showed about a 120/80 ave...

I've been taking Requip (1.5 mg/day) for aproximately 18 months for a lifelong condition. About a month ago, the Requip seemingly quit working. The drowsy feeling, within a short time after taking it, vanished. The leg pains, during the night forcing me out of bed for so many years, returned with a ...