I've been on Mirapex 1.0 mg 4 times a day for a couple of years; last fall they added 1.0 mg Sinemet 3 times a day (diagnosed 2004, August - symptomatic ? years before) - things were going quite well as far as movement issues, but I was beginning to develop some shopping and eating habits that certainly bordered on the impulsive if not squarely in the box yet...so they are pulling back on the Mirapex (my body is in shock!)....

What am I trying to say? My MDS seemed to think 4 mg. of Mirapex was fine, until I signed up for a study on it that revealed my OCD tendencies! It can be a great drug - but my doc said they were finding that about 15% of patients were developing these OCD side effects.

One thing that concerned me - they took no measure (self-report would have been the only kind, I guess) of my shopping and eating behaviors before Mirapex - so how do they know that there has been a change? Well, anyway, it's not recommened for those with such tendencies.

Best to you all.