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In Remembrance
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Thursday, 10 June, 1999, 10:34 GMT 11:34 UK
Parkinson's patients face sleep danger Parkinson's drugs can cause drowsiness Two commonly prescribed drugs for Parkinson's Disease can cause patients to suddenly fall asleep at the driving wheel, US researchers have reported. The New York based team documented the cases of eight patients who had car accidents after taking the "dopamine agonist" drugs to relieve the disabling brain condition. Four of these, said the study, published in "Neurology", had also fallen asleep without warning during business meetings or even half way through telephone calls. All the patients were taking Mirapex, made by Pharmacia and Upjohn and known generically as pramipexole, or SmithKline Beecham's ropinirole, sold under the name Requip. When they stopped taking the drugs the sleep attacks stopped. Further investigations -to read more please follow the above link please... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/365602.stm See also:
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with much love, lou_lou . . by . , on Flickr pd documentary - part 2 and 3 . . Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and the wrong. Sometime in your life you will have been all of these. Last edited by lou_lou; 02-08-2008 at 02:13 PM. |
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