Piribedil

[yesim erman <yesimbsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,

My father, 77,  started using Piribedil a month ago together with Comtan
and
Sinemet. He has had Parkinson's for 10 years. He feels  better with
Piribedil and
it improved his movements 30 - 40 %. He takes Piribedil 75mg a day. He
says it works.
He didn't have much tremor when he started that but he had too much
rigidity and
freezing. Now his movements are smoother. He can do more things like
shaving by
himself. We liked the medicine but when we increased the dosage to 100
mg. a day
as his doc. prescribed, it caused some hallucinations. Although the
degree of
them wasn't  important, we decreased it to 75mg. so they are gone. He
takes this
medicine after the meals. That's something his doc. wanted. He doesn't
have
nausea or any other side affects.His situation is a little better with
this.  I wonder if anybody else is using it and what the dousage is.

Regards

Yesim

mmoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Piribedil has been used in France for quite a long time, mainly as a
starter.
> I think it is being prescribed less ans less nowadays. John has tried
it for
> his tremor with no result, not even side effects but that does not
mean it is
> ineffective for everyone
> Maryse cg John 73,13
>
> > Has anyone tried or trying piribidel?  Based on a lit search, it
has been
> > around a while and has not been in favor because it is most
effective with
> > tremor and can cause nausea.  A recent study shows that it is
effective
> > with bradykinesia in monkeys and domperidone eliminates the nausea.
> >
> > There seems to be a new found interest in it originating in France.
A
> > recent survey article calls it the best DA, but again, the article
is of
> > French origin.  Why the renewed interest and why the French flavor?
> > Thanks, Bob

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