What is considered a high dose of madopar ?

[martinn1962]

I am on 125 mg x 2 madopar 3 times a day and 0.7 mg of pramipexole 3 times a day , is the madopar considered a high dose or is there room to increase the dose when the time comes for an increase in medication, thanks

[Joanne_Joyce]

Maybe no one has answered yet because your question really needs to be answered by your neurologist. I do hope you won't need to increase the dose for a very long time or maybe not at all.

[martinn1962 in reply to Joanne_Joyce]

thanks joanne-joyce for your reply I cannot see my neurologist until 24th december so I was just wondering where my dose is in the scale of things

[Joanne_Joyce in reply to martinn1962]

Maybe if you google madopar you will get an idea.

[compucure]

That does seem a high dosage. Do you have any dyskinesias? Tony

[martinn1962]

Hi , no not at all but I have only been on madopar since February this year

[compucure]

I have since stopped taking it - I believe that it played havoc with my metabolism thus causing a ridiculous amount of weight gain. Tony