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 |
| 1 | Parkinson's Disease | Memory loss, headaches, increased feeling or tiredness, need to sleep more often and longer hours, increased desire to eat and at abnormal hours (middle of the night). | I am writing this on behalf of my Mother. She is 66 years old and began taking Mirapex for less than two months. Her first dosage was .125mg 3x's a day. Then increased to .25mg 3x's a day. Since beginning the .25mg dosage she has experienced memory loss (forgetting days of the week and dates), headaches, and feeling extremely tired. | F | 66 | 45 days | 6/7/2009 | 1 | RLS | Extreme Nausea, Chronic Headaches, Bizarre behavior, Compulsive behavior (started smoking flavored cigars and had to smoke them-- could not "not smoke them", Selfsihness, Change in mood, Change in demeanor, Change in personality, Anorexia, Anger, Sleep Disorders, Compulsive shopping, compulsion to drink, sompulsion to smoke and other addicitve behaviors | DANGER! DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO!!! My wife had moderate RLS and the doctor gave her a prescription of .50 mg. She has been taking it for 9 months every day once a day and she lost 35 lbs that she didnt have to lose-- she was already very thin. Her personality changed to being angry and down-- no patience with me or kids, etc. I watched helplessly as the woman I love and adore changed into somone I did not know. She started smoking flavored cigars and I have alergies to smoke, and cant stand the tast smell, etc. She would not even consider giving them up. I left. With some good advice from a friend I came back and asked some pre-thought-out questions to try and get to the bottom of it. MIRAPEX! This all started when she started taking mirapex for her legs? I was baffled. This drug nearly cost me my family, my wife and has cost me in other ways as well. She is coming off of it now and experiencing bad side effects (dreams, seeing things, pain, etc). DANGER! STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG!! | F | 30 | 9 days | 7/9/2009 | 1 | RLS, PLMD | I took Mirapex for several years and during that time my weight went up to over 270 pounds. I went off Mirapex for a year because I could not afford it and lost all the excess weight. Went back on it 2 months ago and have gained 15+ pounds. I didn't realize the Mirapex was the cause of my prior severe weight gain. The doctor never discussed it as a cause. After going back on and the sudden weight gain I did my own research and have since discovered this problem. I have a Dr appointment next week. I am discontinuing. Would rather use Vicodin! | F | 47 | 4 years | 5/19/2009 | 1 | Parkinsons | swollen splotchy red aching legs, insomnia, sleep attacks during the day even while driving,compulsive shopping,huge weight gain | I didn't realize that I should watch out for these symptoms and that they were caused by Mirapex. complained to many doctors about symptoms and only now got told (after many years of complaints)that Mirapex could be the problem. It is hell getting off of it, even slowly. after being on it for a long time. God help me get off of it. WOnder what will go away and what will stay because of the drug use for such a long time. For awhile I was even on 2 pills 3 times a day. The nightmares are horrific and truly real feeling. I have a tingling hand now nearly all of the time. Is that also from Mirapex? | F | 56 | 8 years | 7/15/2009 | 5 | no | M | 28 | | 6/10/2009 | 5 | Parkinson's Disease | Increased sexual desire. Odd behaviors of OCD and voyeurism. Manic behaviors with increased breathing, sweating, like on Speed. Can not sit still. Increased food consumption with junk food and drinks. Then within 3-4 hours drop like a lead balloon. Freezing and angry mood. | This drug is great for PD patients who experience freezing up and feel immobile. The side effects are horrendous and will cause tension, fighting, and inability to be aware that one's behaviors are bizzare. | M | 58 | 1 years | 6/30/2009 | 5 | Tremors | Impulse Control | Worked a wonder on my familiar tremor... however I became very obsessive compulsive. | M | 32 | 4 months | 8/31/2008 | 5 | restless legs | unsure since I am taking other medications such a blood pressure.Tremblings?/overall weakness? | M | | 9/13/2008 | 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 | 5 | RLS | None whatsoever | has been completely effective from virtually the first day | M | 73 | 10 years | 2/25/2009 | 5 | RLS | Very vivid dreams, but would not classify them as nightmares. | This drug has been wonderful for me. I now am able to cut the .25 mg doses in half, and combined with alcohol (which is probably not a great idea, but I'm a drinker) I always get a good nights sleep and no rls symptoms. | M | 60 | 8 years | 12/15/2009 | 5 | After 40 yrs on all types of medication for depression mirapex has finally helped me with my depression. | Only side effects are swollen ankles and stiff lower legs ( arthritis like) to the point that I have trouble moving after being in any sitting position and begin to walk. When walking notice some stumbling and stiffness in writing. | M | 68 | 3 months .25 MG 1X day | 10/10/2014 | 5 | Treatment-resistant depression | At first I experienced tingling/ticklish sensations throughout my body along with feeling lightheaded. I had orthostatic hypotension also and some mild headaches and ringing in the ears. To counter this I got up slowly and increased my sodium and fluid intake. I also take cetirizine (Zyrtec) if I experience nausea and this resolves it. The side effects dissipated after a few days and increased the dosage very slowly over the next few weeks. My depression and anhedonia went into remission and I finally have my life back again. I'm currently taking 0.25mg t.i.d. | I don't understand why some people experienced obsessions or compulsions because I haven't. I just feel normal and very emotionally stable now. Pramipexole is now being used by some psychiatrists for treatment-resistant depression. | M | 48 | 27 days 0.25mg | 6/10/2020 | 5 | Restless legs and muscle spasm | Slight nausea for 1st few weeks | This has made a huge difference too my quality of life. Night time restlessness and jerking spasms of arms legs and sometime whole body sometimes quite violent . Within a day of starting these decreased and after gradually increasing dose are Gone completely. | M | 72 | 2 days 0.75mg 1X day | 7/16/2022 | 5 | rls | I have been taking this drug for many years and it has saved my life my legs are so bad I go crazy but with this drug I am hole sorry for the haters I have no side affects | M | 55 | 10 years 3mg | 2/20/2016 | 5 | RLS | Low bp 90/60 and high heart rate of 120.can not say if these side effects are due to mirapex. Since last 5 days when i started taking mirapex i feel i got anew lease of life. My life had become miserable. I was in constant pain and sleepless since last 4 years. The medication that doctors tried on me during last 4years were 1. amitriptyline 0. 5mg 2. chlordiazepoxide 0.5mg 3. gabapentin 625mg 4. pramipexole 1mg | I found mirapex as a wonder drug. Can not say if the low bp and high heart rate is due to mirapex or these are the withdrawal symptoms of the drugs that i have taking all these years. Presently i fell as if i never had rls. Mirapex has helped me to that extent. How long it will work only god can tell. | M | 68 | 5 days 0. 25 mg | 8/21/2016 | 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 | 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 | 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 |