MIRAPEX Reviews (PRAMIPEXOLE DIHYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.8 (431 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MIRAPEX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MIRAPEX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | restless legs | unsure since I am taking other medications such a blood pressure.Tremblings?/overall weakness? | M | | 9/13/2008 | 3 | | 4/28/2004 | 1 | Parkinson's | Hallucinations, loss of appetite, confusion, couldn't walk, talk or eat without assistance. | My grandfather was on this for over a week. He went from being a fun, joking around kind of grandpa, to not knowing what was going on around him, hallucinations, horrible nightmares, could not feed himself, no control over his feet or hands, constantly reaching for things that were not there, confused, terrible diahrea, tired all of the time, etc etc. We thought my grandfather would eventually not even know who we were...it was such a dramatic change in him. He could barely walk and needed 24-hour care. Couldn't follow directions from the PT or the OT, very, very confused. After my mother told the doctor to take him off of the drug (he was in the hospital at the time), he had a DRAMATIC change and was back to "normal" in two days. It was amazing....we will NEVER, NEVER allow the doctor to put him on this again. BEWARE!!! We actually admitted my grandfather into a nursing home (because the hospital was discharging him and the doctor said he needed 24-hour medical care). | M | 2 weeks | 12/25/2007 | 1 | rls | My Husband was diagnosed around 1999 with Rls.This diagnosis was just a verbal diagnosis from Doctor Frank Chiampi with my husband explaining his symptoms to the doctor.The symptoms being the irratating feeling as his legs and feet had worms and bugs crawling through them so bad that he would be trying everything to relieve them banging them against the wall etc.My husband was immediadley perscribed Mirapex.Not long after my husband developed a compulsive gambling addiction.He has decribed this as urges so strong and would be thinking about gambling all the time .He also describes this as just gambling to gamble not for gain but to fulfill really bad urges. He has got really high amounts of money online and just gambled that away.I had once found sheets of paper with numbers written down as like as to find a pattern or something.I had to keep our bank accounts in my name after many times of online gambling .He eventually did the unthinkable and stole from his job.This record has been e | M | 11 years 5 mg 3X day | 4/3/2012 | 1 | RLS, very severe. | Horrifying. Hallucinating. Confusion. Loss of space and time. Cold like stuffiness. Couldn't remember what day it was. I've lost my job because I couldn't think straight. This is after just four days. A killer drug. Shouldn't be on market. | Stop the nonsense drugs. This was just as bad as Ambien. There ARE drugs that work, like Ropinerol, without causing a person to go insane. I cannot say ANYTHING good about this drug at ALL. | F | 4 days .125 | 9/23/2017 | 2 | PLMD | clinically documented constipation, severe unrelenting temper tantrums, OCD type behavior, sensory issues, difficult to wake up in morning, possible visual hallucinations | It was definitely causing terrible tantrums over trivial things, i.e. her pants didn't fit right or we were out of peanut butter. She had a terrifying hallucination this morning even though she has been off of it for a week. I could not take this drug myself, but have no memory of the time in which I took it. I definitely do not recommend this drug for people with mood disorders, either potential or diagnosed. | F | 7 | 21 days | 12/7/2008 | 5 | Rls | Ha! Abnormally odd dreams (extremely vivid), auditory and visual hallucinations. Numbness... Weakness.... Yeah... | M | 15 | 2 months | 1/18/2006 | 2 | RLS | For the first couple of weeks, I felt fine. My RLS had died down a bit, and I was beginning to sleep better at night. However, in the couple of weeks, I have began to experience intensely weird dreams, lack of energy, paranoia, depression, fatigue, and a return of my RLS, although not as bad as before. My stress level feels like it's risen about a thousand times for absolutly NO reason what so ever, and nausea has also become a problem, mostly in the mornings. Upon waking, I feel rather hung over which makes it extremely hard to start the day. Hunger/cravings are limited until about three hours before I go to bed, at which point I feel like I've been starving all day, even though I haven't felt hungry at all before then. RLS is still HIGHLY prominent during the day. | F | 17 | 4 weeks | 5/21/2007 | 1 | RLS | uncontrolable mood variations; falling asleep without any warning, day or night; acting as tho the person was "high" | The patient was my 17 year old daughter. She was suspended from school because the school had suspected that she was "high" off of weed...when in fact, she never smoked it. She lost her relationship with her boyfriend of 1 1/2 years. She doesn't even act like herself anymore. The doctor said to discontinue use of Meripex IMMEDIATELY!! | F | 17 | 5 days | 11/29/2006 | 4 | Severe periodic limb movement disor | severe nausea if I tak it on an empty stomach, or am sick with something else. tiredeness, but since I take it at night, this is actually beneficial as it only takes me 20 or so minutes to fall asleep instead of hours. | sleep greatly improved, actually only need 8 hours now instead of the 12+ I had needed, and I wake up feeling refreshed and rested. in reference to an earlier comment, I was on effexor before starting mirapex, and was told that the effexor may be part of the reason I have periodic limb movement. Also before mirapex we tried requip, which made me very anxious and hyper, an uncommon side effect, so it's always important to keep an open mind, what effects one person one way, doesn't neccesarily effect someone else the samer way. | F | 21 | 8 months | 3/29/2005 | 5 | RLS | Before taking Mirapex, I never remembered dreams. Now, not only do I remember dreams, they are very detailed and vivid. In addition, I've had nasal congestion since starting the drug. | Mirapex has completely resolved my RLS symptoms. However, I do have to take it regularly (at the exact same time every night and at least 2 hours before going to bed) for the RLS symptoms to not occur. | F | 23 | 3 months | 12/4/2009 | 3 | Fibromyalgia | I talked to my Doctor about taking Mirapex after reading up on the pro's and con's of the drug. I wanted to get off soma and ANSID's that don't agree well with me. I am on a low dose right now. Since the first day I started the drug I have a very hard time falling and staying alseep. my eyelids twitch and wake up with an upset stomace. I haven't had wieght gain this far. I hope it stays that way. My PCP recommeded Lyrica and I didn't want to go on it for that reason. I do how ever believe I am getting a bladder infection. and do have a racing heart through out the day. I have been sweating. For the most part I rather be on this then other alternitives ask me in a month to see if i still feel this way. I don't want to increase the drug anymore, but I rather not be in pain. i am currently in school for medical assisting and I do also find it hard to get my words out since i began this drug, it's not bad enough to upset my GPA to much this far. But... i will let you know if i find it do | F | 23 | 3 weeks | 9/28/2008 | 1 | anhedonia | helped at first then reversed all the sudden after a few weeks and made me much worse. its been a year and a since i stopped mirapex and i still feel horrible from it. | horrible | M | 23 | 1 months .5 mgs 1X day | 7/5/2011 | 3 | RLS | Extreme nauseousness, insomnia, weight loss, uncontrollable shaking especially at night (though doesn't feel similar to RLS symptoms), loss of apatite, fatigue, numbness increased smoking, increased energy, better self-esteem and confidence, greatly lowered my neurotic depression though I am not taking this medication to treat my depression. | I've been taking Mirapex for over two weeks now. Started off at .125 for the first 5 days and then increased to .25 for the following 5 and then after that, .5 twice a day which only lasted a day due to the onset of the extreme side effects. My dosage is now lowered to .5 once a day a few hours before bed. Though not as extreme as taking the .5 twice a day, the side effects still persist. This medication has helped to GREATLY reduce my symptoms of RLS however, I am having concerns about the long term effects of taking this drug and am considering asking my doctor to lower my dosage back to .25. | F | 25 | 16 days | 8/6/2009 | 1 | Parkinson's Disease | I'm writing this about my uncle who we are trying to get off Mirapex right now. He has had almost every side effect. The scariest so far being the change in attitude. He has become a sexual deviant who has a "girlfriend" who i learned is actually a prostitute. He has also gone through about 50 thousand dollars in the past year on what i believe to be gambling. He is no longer the kind old fashioned man who was like a 2nd grandfather to me. Please make sure you have friends and family watch you if you are on this drug. It messes with your brain and changed the person you are. | Keep an eye out for strange behavoir with loved ones taking this. It may do some good but they must be monitored. If your thinking about taking this. Please dont. Its far too hard on your family if you end up with serious side effects. THERE ARE NO CURES AND MIRACLE DRUGS. DONT EXPECT IT TO BE. BEWARE ANYTHING THAT MESSES WITH YOUR BRAIN CHEMISTRY !!!! | M | 25 | 3 years 1X day | 4/26/2010 | 4 | RLS | Drowsiness, nausea | I'm not sure if Mirapex has helped my RLS symptoms. I still move my legs, but I think it is due to habit and not the uncontrollable urge to move them. The way Mirapex has been helpful is that I have insomnia that has been difficult to treat, and Mirapex makes me sleepy. I tend to build up tolerances to hypnotics very quickly (when they even make me drowsy at all). I've been taking Mirapex for a few days, and the effect has not worn off yet. | F | 26 | 5 days | 7/14/2007 | 2 | RLS | A little nausea | I didn't have bad side effects, but it didn't help the RLS one tiny little bit. | F | 26 | 2 weeks | 7/10/2007 | 2 | Restless legs, anhedonia, focus issues | Constantly felt sick, weak, and even more fatigued due to my quality of sleep decreasing while on it. Although I could get to sleep, my sleep quality was a 0 out of 10. Always ended up waking up early and couldn't get back to sleep even though I was still very tired. For men specifically: I did end up having erections again after having trouble with them, so take that as you will. | I stopped taking mirapex and found that Kratom entirely resolved my restless legs, but it has a profound withdrawal component after using it for a while for some people, so be very careful if you seek to use it for restless legs. | M | 26 | 5 days 0.125 mg 1X day | 1/20/2023 | 5 | RLS | Some nervousness, gas, weight gain. | I used to consider myself lucky if I got 2 or more hours of sleep a night. I would be dragging myself around all day and sleep all weekend to catch up. I started the mirapex 3 months ago and now can sleep 6 or more hours a night. not quite perfect but I'll take it. The twitches in my legs are pretty much gone, but I do feel nervous and anxious when I try to sleep and that does keep me up a little. | F | 27 | 3 months | 10/19/2006 | 4 | RLS | None yet. | Have rls in legs and arms/upper body. Been on it about 8 months, noticed recently that it's not always quite as effective as it was initially, but that could also be due to poor diet or other factors. I noticed my legs really don't bother me AT ALL anymore, but arms twitch lately. I plan to try changing diet/exercising. | M | 27 | 8 months | 4/24/2006 |
MIRAPEX (PRAMIPEXOLE DIHYDROCHLORIDE): Pramipexole is used alone or with other medications to treat Parkinson's disease. It can improve your ability to move and decrease shakiness (tremor), stiffness, slowed movement, and unsteadiness. It may also decrease the number of episodes of not being able to move ("on-off syndrome"). This medication is also used to treat a certain medical condition (restless legs syndrome - RLS) that causes an unusual urge to move the legs. Symptoms usually occur at night along with uncomfortable/unpleasant feelings in the legs. This medication can decrease these symptoms and thereby improve sleep. Pramipexole is a dopamine agonist that works by helping to restore the balance of a certain natural substance (dopamine) in the brain. FDA Approval Date: 1997-07-01 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)