REQUIP Reviews (ROPINIROLE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 2.8 (379 Ratings)

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REQUIP  (ROPINIROLE HYDROCHLORIDE):  This medication 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"). Ropinirole is also used to treat restless legs syndrome (RLS). It may improve your sleep by decreasing the urge to move your legs and decreasing uncomfortable/unpleasant feelings in the legs. This medication works by helping to restore the balance of a certain natural substance (dopamine) in the brain.   FDA Approval Date: 1997-09-19 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 4  rls I am taking 0,5-1 mg daily for rls. A definite improvement in sleep. Though joint pain in my legs (only (curious?)) when I swim or sit late in the afternoon. Have not tried daytime dose. Would rather not up the dosage over 1mg at night. I am curious how requip compares to mirapex. Is this like the difference between orange and apple juice or are they mostly the same? Also how does staggering the drug at night work, ie taking most of the dose before bedtime and another part when I wake up at night (usually I go to bed at 2330 and wake up at 2-3 am) M 52 8 weeks
4/27/2008
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 5  MS & RLS none that I know of MIRACLE DRUG! When I was pregnant, I had to stop taking Requip and it almost killed me. I was up paceing the floor all night. I imedately got back on it and haven't had any leg jumping since. I have always taken the 1mg. F 31 3 years
4/15/2008
 5  I have had RLS . The reason I am so satisfied is that .5 mg. worked the very first night. As I have gotten older, my RLS symptoms have increased from 2 to 3X per week to every night at the same time and last until 2:00 Am. The first night taking Requip I was without RLS. I take it about 6:00 PM and by 8:00 I am in bed asleep. I have to get up at 5:00 AM. I notice a break through at about 5:00 in the afternoon. I have had the left side headache behind eye, some light when my lids are closed, some heatburn, no nausa, some definite joint pain, however, in comparison to RLS for years, I am 62, I am very pleased. I have increased my Gloucosimine (sp) for the joint stuff. Iron used to help prior to Requip but it has side effects as well. Reading the comments have helped me because I have experienced most of the side effects but not enough to have me stop taking it at this time. I have had RLS since age of 9. Mother called it 'growing pains' However, RLS does run in the family; mother, grandmother and one of my sons has it. Several cousins have it. F 62 365 days
3/31/2008
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 1  RLS I have developed numbness all over my body. Foggy-head is also becoming a issue. Requip stopped my RLS but the side effects of numbness and foggy head are not worth it. I am concerned about long-term side effects. It has also hindered weight loss that I have worked for so diligently. I have stopped this medication and have gone back to Klonopin. Has anyone else experienced numbness? F 63 19 days
3/30/2008
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 3  RLS I have to say that at .25mg to .75mg at night I did have fewer RLS SX but the side effects were NOT worth it. I Got wicked bad heartburn that OTC medication would not help. Feelings of panic and anxiety. Rebound RLS SX in the daytime which I NEVER had before. Weight gain, bloating and gas. Also the hypersexuality aspect was just weird because although aroused you can't climax. Requip does work BUT it's not worth the side effects. I'm going back to low dose neurontin. I am very glad I didn't go up to higher dosing as getting off of Requip would be the pits. Personally ...like many of the posters here...I find that nothing works over the long haul. You have to switch meds from year to year as they all seem to have both side effects and a finite time that they will work. F 57 3 months
3/19/2008
 5  RLS None I didnt have any nausea. Just finally a decent nights sleep where i wasnt torturing my poor husband by kicking him to death. I love this drug. Been on it for a couple of years now, and would be at a loss without it. F 29 2 years
3/18/2008
 3  restless legs at first complete relief of rls on very first pill some nausea and joint pain weight gain is also an issue with me now 2mg per night most nights good relief but dont want to increase dosage i am very concerned about being on this med for yrs & yrs any ideas out there F 48 1 years
3/13/2008
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 4   taking requip for rls if i don't go to sleep within a hour of taking i get upset stomach and headache also have no sex drive at all F 40 1 years
3/9/2008
 5  RLS Nausea, sweats, flashing lights in my eyes. I suffered and my family suffered because of my RLS. I get relief to sleep now. The nausea is worth it to sleep thru the night. Otherwise I would not make it thru. The Requip made RLS bareable. Without it I could have killed someone. Requip effects everyone about the same but differently as I have read here. It is not a horror drug some make it out to be. M 43 2 years
2/25/2008
 2  RLS SEVERE Nausea and Vommiting. At first I thought I couldn't live without this medication I hadn't slept all night in years. This medicine took the pain away...but I had to increase and take it during the day for the rebound. I eventually got up to 3 mg. and have found that I was always fighting not to"toss my cookies". When I went back down to one mg I couldn't keep that down either so have had to stop. As soon as I stopped it...all my symptoms returned but will have to deal with the excrutiating pain another way. F 44 3 months
2/4/2008
 1  RLS Severe nausea, dizziness, didn't alleviate RLS symptoms. I took this med for debilitating RLS. Found I had to consistently raise the dose to relieve the symptoms. Wasn't long after I got to 2mg that the severe nausea and dizziness developed. I felt like I had drank too much without actually being drunk! Yet I persisted out of desperation to relieve the RLS. I ended up taking a total of 5mg a day, with food, and still felt sick and still had breakthrough RLS. A drug rep from the company that makes Requip told me that people taking it for Parkinson's take up to 15mg a day. I can't even imagine how bad I'd feel taking that much! This med is so expensive and has such terrible side effects, not to mention it didn't really help the RLS, I would never recommend it to anyone. F 38 1 years
2/2/2008
 1  RLS About an hour after taking it at bed time, my whole body felt poisoned. I got sweaty, nauseated, and very weak, to the point that I could not stand or sit. I crawled to the bathroom because I thought that I was going to throw up, but I could not even sit up to reach the can. Then, as I lay on the floor, my breathing got very shallow and labored. My insides were burning, my mouth was dry, and at one point, I realized that I had stopped breathing. I had to force myself to breath. I have never felt such total incapacitation. It took a 1/2 hour of laying still on the bathroom floor before I could muster the strength to get back into bed and the symptoms slowly cleared. I was taking 1mg at bedtime and had 1 minor episode, then they got worse to the point as I described. I was considering calling 911 but I did not have the strength. The next morning I took my Requip prescription and flushed them down the toilet. I have lived for 30 years with RLS, but I nearly died after 1 month on Requip. The absolute scariest medication I have ever tried. M 52 30 days
1/31/2008
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 1  For RLS I actually have been taking the meds only for about 3 days now. I had not received ANY relief and my sleep has actually gotten worse. I toss and turn all night and do not sleep until early morning. I have had severe eye pain and after reading other consumers comments, I am discontinuing use of this medicine. Look into herbal remedies such as Valerian and acupuncture. F 28 3 days
1/24/2008
 5  RLS a very light nausea occassionally that goes away easily. a light headache the first week when I first got up that goes away quickly. No side effects as of late. This is great. Not only do I get to sleep and my legs quit bothering me and making me crazy all night long but I feel happier during the day and more energetic. I hope this lasts. I love it. F 56 10 days
1/21/2008
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 3  Restless Legs Experienced strobe light effect in eyes, fatigue, and extreme sleepiness about an hour after dosage. Most importantly, the restless leg symptoms have increased in intensity and duration. I began with the starter packet and initially settled on a 1.5 mg dosage. That didn't last long. The RLS symptoms returned with a venegence. I have increased the dosage three time in a year. I am taking Requip earlier in the day, sometimes more than once a day. It seldom lasts through the night any more. Before starting Requip I suffered from RLS about 60% of the time. Now it is every day, both day and night. Wish I had never started. I have an appointment with my doctor to discuss alternatives. F 48 1 years
1/12/2008
 1  RLS Since beginning the Requip I have severe joint pain. I am always tired and lethargic. I only had symptoms at bedtime when I started on Requip now I seem to have rebound symptoms and struggle with RLS 24 hours a day. I felt better taking Neurontin but had to stop due to weight gain. My quality of live has nosedived. On a night when I need to take more Requip due to RLS severity, I find that the next day I am extremely irritable and aggitated. I definitely want off of this RX. Don't get started on this. My symptoms have increased in both severity and frequency since I started on this. I can't get through one evening without Requip, and have to increase the dose to get any relief. I am feeling extremely overwhelmed!! I don't know how to get off of it now. F 55 12 months
1/12/2008
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 1  RLS for 15 yrs Started out with .5 and over time got to 2 mg. Took 2 mg for 3 yrs. The weight gain was horrible. I was moody, never felt good/right. I honestly think my teeth got worse, but I can't prove that. I AM REQUIP FREE for 3 months now. I started taking a regular daily vitamin, plus I added extra Iron, potassium and calcium. I took the vitamins for about 6 months. then one night I waited for the all too familar signs to show up...they never did. I quit Requip cold turkey and never looked back. If you are taking this for RLS...YOU CAN GET OFF THIS STUFF!! F 45 7 years
1/11/2008
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 5  RLS Occasionally...perhaps once every two to three weeks...experience extreme nausea and weakness that can only be alleviated by laying down in a dark, quiet place. Symptoms last for one to two hours, and seem to be exacerbated somehow by diet, but I have yet to identify the exact correlation. I believe the effect should be avoidable by carefully scheduling the taking of the medication. This is the third medication I have taken for nighttime RLS symptoms, having taken Permax first, followed by Mirapex. Both of those lost effectiveness after about two years. Requip has been the most reliable of the RLS medications I have taken, and is well worth taking in spite of the occasional side effects, no matter how severe. I normally take 6mg, but find myself able to reduce the dosage from time to time to as little as 2mg. Though Requip has substantially eliminated my nighttime symptoms, I still require Tramadol for daytime symptoms occurring between 3:00 and 8:00 pm. M 47 3 years
1/6/2008
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 4  RLS numbness in legs if woken up suddenly I liked it. It helps me go to sleep and stay asleep all night with out having the painful tingling in my arms and in my legs all night. It also helps my husband sleep because Im not tossing and turning all night. Now if only my daughter would let me sleep all night Id be really good! I did notice though when I do get up in the middle of the night, my legs are tingly like they feel asleep and I have to get up slowly. F 22 2 months
1/3/2008
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 1  Sleep clinic recommended Sleeping during the day too much. After stopping I went through terrible days of spasticity which I had to use baclofin and flexeril to help. I pray this is not permanent as it is very painful. I consider it to be one of the worse drugs I've ever taken and think it should be taken off the market before someone takes their life due to side effects or changes to the system which I hope are not going to continue. M 66 15 days
12/27/2007

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