My current sleep doctor feels that Sinemet, a dopamine replacement, should be reserved for use after dopamine agonists such as Requip and Mirapex are no longer useful.
I can give you a few hints on optimizing the effectiveness of your Sinemet rather than keep raising dose: No protein to eat unless long enough before dose for the food to have already passed thru the small intestine. Small amout of starchy food food can help when taking med, but no large amounts of food before taking the med.
It sounds like you have been diagnosed with RLS and requip worked for you well until it was determined to be causing side effects, and you were switched to Sinemet. One known side effect of Requip is swelling in the legs; it sounds like you had an extensive evaluation for all the symptoms you began experiencing after January 2008.
Sinemet works well for RLS symptoms, but has a higher risk of eventually causing what is called augmentation, or the occurrence of symptoms earlier in the day.
It is supposed to be worse after long night without sinemet (requip 0.125 is given every other night and no significant distinguish between with and without it) Sinemet suppose to make motion better and it DID make her better before. Or Dyskinesia completely overridden others (but the Dyskinesia is happened in the jaw/tongue and I don't see any tremor in legs/feet)
I tried to find a logic explanation, but no luck! Can this imply sinemet is no good for her anymore?
Dear Kat,
I do know that taking Requip itself can cause hallucinations. But he's been taken off it. Now, stopping Requip can cause confusion. So, I don't know what to make of it. I do recall when I had pneumonia, I was out of my mind, and I have never taken Requip. I suppose it's possible he's having a combination of fever hallucinations, left-over Requip hallucinations, and withdrawal confusion. Any way you look at it, he's having a very hard time.
Fortunately for me I have a fantastic Dermatologist who explained the Melanoma was very shallow (.2mm) and was able to remove the Melanoma with a wide excision.
Now, fast forward 17 months and 11 other mole removals. My Primary Care took some blood work and noticed one of my liver enzymes (SGPT) was mildly elevated (60). Since I had Melanoma she sent me to get a cat scan of the Liver, gallbladder, pancreas and all the other goodies in the RU quadrant.
m a 28 year old male, not super fair skinned, Mediterranean descent, with no family history of melanoma, and no major sunburn as a child. After becoming curious how many moles I had, I counted 117 total across my body, with the vast, vast majority being tiny spots, like pricks of ink from a pen. Most of them are on my arms. I'm actually not sure if they're all moles or if some are freckles, but I decided to count them all as moles just to see what the number looked like at the end.
I took requip for about five years - worked, no problem. Then about 4 months ago, I started getting, out of the blue and for no obvious reason, anorexia, nausea, and finally light stomach ache. After a lot of investigative stuff, including an EGD, my gastroenterologist discovered the cause: I had become allergic to requip. Just a note of caution.
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What’s concerning, no scaring the hell out of me is that to my knowledge, you can’t just TELL the difference between an atypical mole and melanoma just by looking at it. And the fact he called it atypical means it shares visual characteristics with melanoma, which to me means IT LOOKS LIKE MELANOMA. I don’t know if his use of the term “right now” was a definite or if he just wanted to ease my mind but with a disclaimer.
For your own peace of mind, see your primary care provider (PCP) and see about getting a referal to a dermatologist. Even a PCP can determine if there is any reason to be concerned about Melanoma, but a dermatologist is still a good doctor to go to. If cancer is still suspected, either the PCP or the dermatologist will refer you to an oncologist. Nevertheless, it might not be Melanoma. So, don't hit the panic button just yet.
The best one is Melanoma, which is pure and natural. Melanoma is what the staff at a rehab center had me on after day 4 from pain killers and benzos. Also explain this to your doc, he might write you a very small prescription of Ambien. I mean a small amount like 5 or 10 at the most. But try the melanoma first. Great job!!!!!!!!!!
Hello,
I can understand your concern regarding melanoma. It is the most common cancer in women aged 25-29 years and is second only to breast cancer in women aged 30-34 years. Hereditary factors are important causes and similarly sun exposure increases the risk. But there are many other risk factors also like atypical/dysplastic nevi (particularly >5-10) and common nevi> 100.
Melanomas are usually >6 mm in size,with irregular borders ,asymmetrical and dark in color.
Melanoma-astrocytoma syndrome. People with this rare condition have an increased risk of melanoma and astrocytoma (a type of brain tumor). The specific gene for this condition is thought to be located on chromosome 9. Families with both melanoma and brain tumors have been shown to have alterations in CDKN2A that affect the p14ARF protein."
You can get the genetic testing for this if you are worried.
thank you for commenting, I have 2 other kids who have appointments with the dermotologist coming up, both again have many freckles and moles. My son's melanoma was on his face between his eye and temple and the freckle grew and turned black very quickly, it was just over early detection. He had to heave a large skin graft and sentinal node biopsys done. 3 nodes were negative but 2 had "nevic, mole cells" in them.
One other question, does this mean I have a high chance of developing melanoma? I had a mildly dysplastic mole last year and then this. I have virtually no moles and only a few freckles, no family history and I take aspirin daily (supposed to reduce melanoma 30%) to prevent recurrence of colon cancer.
Now I am terrified that it was a melanoma and I have scrapped it off and the cancer will start growing without me knowing. Can you scrap off a melanoma? If it was a melanoma will the pigmentation grow to the surface again? Does melanoma heal? I know if I go to the gp they will not refer me to a dermatologist and can not afford to pay privately.
I got diagnosed in Febuary of this year with a cataract, my optomitrist refered me to a specialist, and when I went to see him in November, there was a tumor within my eye, and subsequent retnal tearing. He booked me in for immediate surgery as he said it was eye melanoma. My surgery is in about 2 weeks. My question is; would my untreated cataract for at least 1 year cause, or attribute to me getting eye melanoma?
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