Thread: When to start Requip XL
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Old 08-03-2009, 07:03 PM
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Default selegiline instead
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Originally Posted by EugeneS View Post
I am a new one diagnosed with PD. Even maybe not diagnosed but assumed by my neurologist to have early stage of PD. Tremor in left hand (from end of last year), some stiffness in face muscles and neck…
He proposed to start Requip XL 2mg daily and see what happen with symptoms. But I hesitate… My symptoms annoying but bearable… Is it better to start medication such as Requip as later as possible ? Any thoughts ? If it has started can it be dropped without negative consequences ?

Thanks
your neurologist wants to confirm or disconfirm PD diagnosis via drug testing on you. maybe the least side-effect way is to trail on selegiline instead...just my two cents
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