REQUIP Reviews (ROPINIROLE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.8 (379 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare REQUIP with similar:
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| 3 | RLS | I experienced severe night sweats, nausea, drowsiness. Nausea was the worst part. I didn't connect the night sweats to the requip until I read about all the other's and now I know that is exactly what it was. I was fine until I started Requip and the sweats have gotten worse along with the nausea. I take 2mg in am and 2mg in pm. My legs and arms get bad around 10am at work and then again at night. The medicine did help but not as much now. | I also have gained weight and this is not normal for me at all. I run, lift weights, eat healthy and stay very active. Now I know it's the Requip! I have been going crazy trying to figure out why I feel so bad and tired all the time! Not worth the side effects. | F | 51 | 6 months | 7/24/2007 | 1 | RLS | COMPULSIVE GAMBLING | If you have ANY tendency toward compulsive behaviors (shopping, food, sex) PLEASE talk to some one about requip being a possible source of the problem. I did NOT, and regret it (to the tune of gambling losses of 100k)ask your family doc, your neurologist, your shrink -- ANYBODY, please. also, if anyone out there has had similar experiences, please email and talk to me. thanks .. chris | F | 52 | 10 years | 7/24/2007 | 1 | RLS | Stomach upset, achy joints, pain and cramps in legs, weight gain, couldn't sleep the entire night, although did get to sleep initially. I have been off it for 2 weeks now and I am so happy without it. I have been taking Ambiene to get to sleep and it seems to be working. I hesitate saying it was effective, since it had so, so many side effects. | I would seek alternate treatment. I would also recommend taking vitamins. I am taking extra vitamins (not mega doses) and it seems to help quite a bit. | F | 58 | 3 months | 7/21/2007 | 1 | RLS | RLS symptoms have gotten much worse after two months on the medication. I didn't even know that I had RLS until a sleep study diagnosed it. Now I can't sit and watch TV, read, go to a movie without needing to move my legs, which have a really creepy twitchy feeling whenever I am still. | Concerned that Requip may have permanently altered my dopamine neurotransmitter system. I wish I had never taken the stuff. | F | 64 | 3 days | 7/19/2007 | 5 | RLS | I have not noticed any side effects I can attribute to Requip, until I came here and found that it seems people are gaining about 10lbs. which, I have. Otherwise, I have no headache, nausea or other things and I have no upped my dosage from the original dosage of 2mg. I did the starter pack and then got a prescript. I'm bummed about the weight gain, I had just lost 50lbs. and 10 is back. I do notice that I get very sleepy at around the same time everyday and struggle to stay awake. I do not know if Requip is causing that. | Even with the wieght gain, I won't stop taking this drug, it has changed my life. I don't wriggle or kick my feet during the day and I don't have the painful, tingling, restless legs at night that kept me from sleep. I have been able to wean myself off Neurontin and Klonopin and I am cutting down on Vicodin and Soma now. | F | 45 | 5 months | 7/18/2007 | 4 | rls | mild nausea, sleepiness, some forgetfulness | works great. Stopped taking requip, rls symtomps actually subsided some! | F | 39 | 4 months | 7/17/2007 | 1 | unexplained numbing pain in leg | extreme naseua, hallucinations (trails, light spots, and the inability to differentiate between dreams & waking life), flushing, general malaise, recurring UTIs. | The day I decided that Requip was not good for me was when I almost passed out driving to work. Then, I arrived at work and immediately felt as though I was overheating and was going to pass out. Then, the naseua set in and I vomitted in the employee bathroom for a half hour. | F | 19 | 4 months | 7/13/2007 | 5 | Restless Legs (at times severe) | No side-effects! | I've tried numerous medications to control my restless legs. Nothing worked, and most (such as the benzos) had unwanted side-effects such as sedation. Requip cured the restless legs, without any hint whatsoever of side-effects! I'm a fan! :) | M | 35 | 2 years | 7/10/2007 | 5 | RLS | I sometimes get symptoms in mid-afternoon, particularly if I'm not active. O.5 mg usually takes care of it until it's time for my evening pill. | Usual dose is 1 mg 2 - 3 hours before bedtime. Sometimes take 0.5 in afternoon. Pill is awkward to cut but is much easier if I stand it up in the pill cutter. Wine seems to decrease the effectiveness of this medication. Its great to have relief! | M | 65 | 3 months | 7/9/2007 | 4 | RLS | Rebound late afternoons. Must take 2 to 3 hours before bedtime then try to overcome short tired spell in the first hour. | Works like a charm and keeps the spouse happy as both of us sleep all night! | M | 52 | 1 years | 7/7/2007 | 4 | depression | sleepiness, lose of balance occasionally, headache. | requip seems to have given me an energy push in that i seem to have more interest in getting out of bed to take care of chores and a slight renewed interest and drive to do some of my old hobbies. all this has gone undone for years prior to requip. it does send me to bed very early (7:30 - 8:30 PM, but i sleep well) | F | 63 | 4 weeks | 7/6/2007 | 5 | RLS for 18 years | Weight gain, particularly around stomach and waist. Also joint pain in knees and hips. | Despite the weight gain and joint pain, Requip has changed my life--for the better. Had RLS very bad for 18 years. Slept 30 minutes, awake 60 minutes, all night long. Now I sleep like a baby all night long. What a huge difference in my life. The first night I took 1 mg, and almost fainted during the night; severe nausea, etc. Because I had read this site, I realized I was taking way too much. Next night took .25 mg, and have been on that. Weight gain has been frustrating. Prior to Requip, my weight had always been under control; I eat very healthy, and exercise 3x week, so it's frustrating not to be able to lose it. Joint pain is also not fun; sometimes it feels like my hip is locked in place when I stand up. Although both side effects concern me, I am ecstatic at getting a good night's sleep after decades of sleep deprivation. BTW, the price of .25 mg and 1 mg Requip tablets is the same, so ask your doctor if you can get the higher dosage, and then just cut the pills. It' | F | 56 | 4 months | 7/5/2007 | 1 | PLM | Headaches, somewhat severe, primarily behind one eye. | When I first began taking this medication, it worked wonders. After about 2 months I have attributed my severe daily headaches to this medication. I will no longer take it, as I walk around most of the time feeling worse than I did with PLM. I have two small children and it is difficult to enjoy my days with them while trying to combat a sleeping problem by using Requip. | F | 40 | 3 days | 7/1/2007 | 5 | RLS | Adjusted time taken before bedtime as the dosage of 1mg made me too tired to sit up until my normal bedtime. In the beginning of the starter kit I experienced a headache for a couple of days when getting up in the a.m. Wore off without medication. | I now only wake up for a brief moment during the after realizing that my body feels perfectly relaxed I go right back to sleep. WONDERFUL! Heading on a road trip shortly and really looking forward to it now. | F | 73 | | 6/28/2007 | 1 | Parkinson's | Restless sleep at night, drowsiness during the day. Muscle cramps and constant pain. Severe constipation. Elevated BP, arythmia, headaches, dizzyness. | Started with the titration kit. Each dose up caused increase of side effects. No benefit achieved at all. Made arm and leg movement more painful and restricted. Did not make it all the way to the 3mg dose. Stepped back down to 1mg. Still bad side effects, no relief of parkinsonisms. Had to stop completely. Regular doctor took MRI of the neck and lower back. Stenosis (pinched nerve) is indicated. Stopped all parkinson meds, started Neurontin and physical therapy w/ cervical traction. Symptoms are relieved beyond the point at which I began the requip. | M | 52 | 8 weeks | 6/21/2007 | 4 | To relieve RLS symptoms. | I haven't noticed any serious side effects with this medication. I am presently taking 15 mgs. per day, which is a lot more than any other RLS sufferer that I know. | I have had RLS for 37 years, but it was only diagnosed 16 years ago. Before that, I was told (by medical doctors) that I was suffering from severe stress, but I knew that was incorrect. I have taken just about every drug for RLS treatment, but only found that klonopin, mirapex and requip would relieve my symptoms. I took klonopin for 9 years, but it then became ineffective. I took mirapex (and called it my miracle drug) for 4 years, gradual incresing the dosage up to 6 mgs. per day. At that point, the side effects (blackouts) became too severe and I switched to requip. I started requip at 4 mgs. per day, but quickly found it necessary to increase the dosage to hold my symptoms at bay. But even at my present dosage of 15 mgs. per day I still get symptoms and my sleep is very restless. I am sure that I will have to increase to 18 mgs. per day very soon. Is there anyone out there who takes high doses of requip? Please email me at [email protected] as I would like to know more about th | M | 66 | 3 years | 6/13/2007 | 1 | RLS | I've noticed my RLS symptoms are more pronounced during the afternoon which I never had before taking this medication. Severe heart burn-which I've never had before. I also feel "achey" all over my body-which is again nothing I've experienced before. Strange but interesting dreams. | I wanted to try this medicine in order to aleviate the symptoms I had right before bedtime. There are too many side effects and I'm throwing away the remainder of the pills. The heart burn is just awful and it keeps me up every night! I was wondering if this awful heartburn could be affecting my esophagus. | F | 55 | 20 days | 6/11/2007 | 1 | Restless Leg Syndrome | After about 1 month, began having paranoid ideas about wife of 42 years having an affair. Began wanting sex daily instead of weekly. Drove wife nuts. | This medicine can cause the breakup of a marriage. Don't take it. | M | 61 | 3 months | 6/10/2007 | 5 | RLS | After I was on requip for a couple of months I started having worse episodes of RLS in the afternoons. My doctor suggested a small dose of requip around noon and it works! I take 1mg about two hours before bedtime and then at noon I take .25 mg. Sometimes I start having symptons again around 5 or 6 in the evening but they aren't too bad. | I sleep every night like a baby. | M | 66 | 1 years | 6/4/2007 | 4 | RLS | My doctor started me out on .25 mg. one hour before bedtime.That worked great for 2 months. Then as I read others experience I see I am suffering the same thing. Every 2 months I must increase my dose or go through horrendous leg jumping. I feel my dose is still light(.50 a day, sometimes .75) but I just worry where this will end, if I have to keep increasing my dose to get relief. | F | 63 | 6 months | 6/4/2007 |