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 | RLS | I have noticed an increased interest in sex especially for a 77 year old man | Th benefits of Mirapex completely relieving my RLS syptoms far outweighs any negative side effects. | M | 77 | 5 years 2 MG 1X day | 3/25/2010 | 5 | RLS | Minimal side effects. Nasal congestion 30 minutes after daily dose. Poor sleep habits, frequently awake at night, drowsy while driving. To be fair, have had sleep issues since onset of RLS and could never stay awake while in a car. | Mirapex could be your miracle drug. I spent 10 years in pain and insomnia before RLS was diagnosed 8 years ago. Without Mirapex I would be a basket case. Based on what I read here you will want to proceed with caution. | M | 54 | 5 years 2mg 1X day | 1/18/2011 | 5 | Rls | Ha! Abnormally odd dreams (extremely vivid), auditory and visual hallucinations. Numbness... Weakness.... Yeah... | M | 15 | 2 months | 1/18/2006 | 5 | Dystonia and Parkinsonism | Slight nausea, constipation, vivid dreams. | I take .25 mg 1x Mirapex along with Sinement 4x daily and Sinemet CR 1x daily at bedtime. I started about three years ago with sever muscle spasms in my legs, these worked up to tremors in my right hand, shoulder muscle pain, rigidity, stiffness on my left side, cogwheel arms, and nocturnal myclonic movements (punched myself in the nose a few times). After increasing dosages of Sinemet, the Mirapex has been added. This is a miracle drug for me. Nearly all the symptoms are gone, and I can lead a near normal life. I can live with the vivid dreams and slight nausea. | M | 45 | 45 days | 6/23/2006 | 5 | rls | a miracle indeed. taking the lowest dose 0.125 plus 5mgs of ambien and my life has totally turned around. no side effects at all! i wish everyone who is suffering without hope or professional assistance could find a way to try it. where we live, a prescription isn't required, so we read these posts and gave it a try. good luck to one and all and good sleep!!!!!! | M | 70 | 2 months | 10/28/2006 | 5 | RLS | No side effects. | It seems to have cured my RLS. I now sleep at night! It is wonderful. | M | 51 | 21 days | 6/30/2005 | 5 | Restless Leg and PLMD | No bad side effects worth mentioning. In fact, a VERY BENEFICIAL side effect for me has been a slight DECREASE in my appetite, and subsequent loss of a couple pounds. YES!!! This does not mean I feel nausea or dizziness. I still eat three healthy meals a day. But I feel full longer and don't need cookies or sweets after or between meals. WONDERFUL !! Thank You Mirapex. | For me Mirapex has been a MIRACLE ! The PLMD has tormented me for the last five years. The movements are comparable to having a strong bolt of electricity sent through the leg about every 45 seconds. I am usually awakened at least a dozen times a night. By 6 AM I was so exhausted I could sleep for an hour or so, before getting ready for work. I have actually fallen asleep in my chair at work from exhaustion. How embarrassing. I also believe my PLMD to be partially responsible for the loss of a wonderful relationship a few years ago. My constant fatigue and irritability resulted in me becoming aggressive and argumentative toward her. How sad. I had been on Requip (1mg) for the last couple years, which helped about 50% of the time. I found myself having to take more and more of it just to stay asleep, and noticed the ankle jerking getting worse as time progressed. I stopped taking the Requip entirely. I went back to the MD last week and suggested to him we give Mirapex a | M | 55 | 7 days | 5/29/2006 | 5 | RLS | None | Has worked wonderfully in controlling my RLS. I take it an hour or two before bed and also before boarding airplanes. My wife is also happy with its results. Now...if it could only stop my snoring! | M | 54 | 1 years | 7/25/2005 | 5 | rls | sleepiness, increasing nausea lately, dizziness and confusion. symptoms vary but loss of appetite has made me lose 15 lbs recently. all that food and no interest in it! | the miracle is that my rls symptoms vanish when I take 0.25mg about 2 hours before sleep. only good marijuana has had that effect before. | M | 67 | 2 years | 7/19/2005 | 5 | Restless leg syndrome | Extreme wakefulness,its like drinking a pot of stong caffienated coffee just before bedtime. Some counter relief with Effexor,would be interested in the experiences of others. | Perfect control of RLS,try to minimise dose because of side effect above. | M | 66 | 3 years | 2/22/2004 | 5 | fibromyalgia | stomach upset,ademaline levels up | worked very well for my fibro | M | 47 | 8 days | 3/22/2004 | 5 | fibromyalgia and rls | stomach upset,ademaline levels up | worked very well for my fibro-rls gone with in a few days.also had it in my arms.makes me sleep better. | M | 47 | 8 days | 3/22/2004 | 5 | RLS | Massive increase in appetite, moderate increase in libido, extremely vivid, horrifically violent and brutal nightmares. | The drug worked somewhat well for me on the very first night and for that I give it a 5 -- first time in my life I was "kick free" at bedtime since starting it in 2003. I started at .125 but found .25 worked better. Because of the increased appetite, my doc tried Ropinerole, but that was not as effective. So I am back on the Mirapex. The nightmares are so powerful and violent and so awful that I might start taking the med every other night but want to check with my doc first. | M | 35 | 4 years | 7/24/2007 | 5 | RLS and PLMD | Moderate nasal congestion. | This drug is aptly named--it has been a MIRAcle medicine for me. (No I don't work for the drug company; I don't even know who makes it). If I don't take it for two nights in a row, the awful restless legs comes back and it about drives me crazy. So this is one medicine I never let myself get low on! | M | 47 | 7 years | 8/27/2007 | 5 | RLS symdrome | lethargic, fall asleep, but the side effects you do not notice until they become more dramatic are compulsive buying, overeating, and sexual behavior (pornograpy) | I have been taking Mirapex almost since it was released and have gone from a .5mg dosage to 1.0mg to 1.5mg dosage. I have had a real hard time not spending money, up to $300,000 right now, addition to pornography and overweight. These addictions took a long time to get to this point and it was not noticable until it is almost to late. | M | 64 | 5 years | 11/28/2007 | 5 | RLS | None that I can tell. Dosage is .25 per night. I take it as needed. Usually about 3 times a week. | I heard about the compusive behavior before I took this from my Doctor. So far no side effects or addictive behavior. In fact kinda the opposite. Now that I get a good nights sleep I am actually more productive | M | 43 | 2 months | 1/22/2008 | 5 | RLS/PLMD | Nausea in the morning, but no vomiting. No gambling; no spending sprees. Sadness, inexplicable crying--although I believe there may be an age-related component here. Makes me drowsy; I'll crash within 45-60 minutes of taking it. Inability to ejaculate, but again there may be an age-related component. A lot of the comments I read on this page ring true for me. | I started on 0.25 mg 6 years ago for RLS/PLMD, but the body craves more and more. I'm now at 2 mg. I tried Requip; it didn't work, no matter how much I dosed. Mirapex HAS been effective in allowing me to sleep at night, IF I take it properly. I take four 0.5 mg tablets one hour before I want to go to bed, careful of how much alcohol I've consumed, or food I've eaten, and 95% of the time I get to sleep 4-6 hours. | M | 65 | 6 years | 3/30/2008 | 5 | RLS | I have experienced night sweats, but not often. Also, when I first starting taking the drug, I had very strange dreams, which I was told by my doc, was very common! Though after a couple weeks that went away! | Im sorry to hear that some people have had terrible experiences with this drug. Personally, I have found it to be a miracle drug. Im sleeping, and my legs do not bother me at all. I have not gained weight, I have not been sick.... I guess Im very fortunate to know that I have really bennifeted from this drug. I hope that it helps others. | M | 39 | 2 days | 4/28/2008 | 5 | RLS | None whatsoever | has been completely effective from virtually the first day | M | 73 | 10 years | 2/25/2009 | 5 | rls | slight fatigue during the day | take 0,25 mg at bedtime, additional 0,25 on long flights, and when I have to sit for hours. my life is almost manageable now compared to hopeless fatigue before. It works better for me than ropinirole (requip). I wonder about all the compulsive disorder comments byother users, if these were latent and the drug acts like a release. | M | 52 | 6 months | 3/27/2009 |
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)