Posted by SalArmy4me on February 20, 2001, at 11:06:18
In reply to Re: MIRAPEX; 'Relapse' Question. » SalArmy4me, posted by JahL on February 20, 2001, at 9:03:34
For me, the drug needs to be taken every 5 hours. So this should make me depressed in the morning, after sleeping for 8 hours, right? But it doesn't...I don't know why that is. However, if I wait two hours after I get up to take the Mirapex, then I will relapse and feel terrible, not wanting to go to work.
Here are some advantages of Mirapex:
--It has a benign side-effect profile, with most patients reporting nausea as the main side-effect. But that side-effect may have been from the levodopa that the Parkinsons' patients were also taking during the clinical trials.
--Mirapex is definitely less expensive than Prozac or Wellbutrin. 100 of the 1.5 mg Mirapex tablets costs $80 on insurance at the largest HMO in the US. Prozac and Paxil are definitely more costly.
--It has few anticholinergic effects.
--It is not known to cause sexual dysfunction.
--Though it probably has to be taken three times a day, so does Neurontin, Wellbutrin IR, Effexor IR, and Visken.
--Mirapex has two studies done on it in non-Parkinsons' patients--one for unipolar depression and the other for bipolar disorder.
--It has minimal drug interactions as compared to Tricylcics Antidepressants or MAOI's (& RIMA's).Thus, if it works for you, its a good deal. Its the only thing that works for me...
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