Sideeffect of medication

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:39 am Post subject: Sideeffect of medication?

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My Parkinson's medication as follows:

5 tablets Requip 2mg daily
2 " Sinemet CR daily
1 " Jumex 5mg

I have dorowsy and downness after taking my medication daily. I could not drive car. I am easily to be irritated.

I manage to relieve my downness by keeping myself busy. Question:

Is it sideeffect of medication?
Is it wrong dosages of medication?

Kindly advise

TeoKimHoe

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Dr. Fernandez



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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:28 am Post subject:

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All three of your PD medications can cause drowsiness. But of the three, if I were to choose which is the most likely culprit, I would say it is the the requip.

Typically, we give requip and sinemet 3 times per day. Then we can titrate further from there.

Yours,
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Hubert H. Fernandez




Anonymous
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:21 am Post subject:

I understand that constant taking of the drug, Requip, may result on various side-effects, the symptoms depending on individual users. Requip may likely cause feelings of nausea, vomiting, constipation, heartburn sensations brought about by gastric, dizziness, drowsiness, weakness, unusual sweating (without assertion), headache, blurred vision, and dry feeling in the mouth. Some other side-effects may include difficulty in movement or walking, mental/mood changes, feelings of confusion, depression, hallucinations and difficulty in sleeping. Requip also may cause one to experience unusual urges, i.e. sexual urges or impulsive urge to gamble. Requip also caused one to suffer from low blood pressure and difficulty in breathing. Question: 1. Will Requip cause one to suffer from erectile dysfunction? 2. Will Requip cause blood clot in the body system? This is pertinent because after taking Requip for 2 years, I had blood clots in my brain. This did not happen before I started taking the said medicine. Kindly advise TeoKimHoe
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Dr. FernandezJoined: 20 Jan 2007Posts: 90
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject:

While anything is possible, my instincts tell me that the two side effects you listed are probably unrelated to requip. Yours,_________________Hubert H. Fernandez