REQUIP Reviews (ROPINIROLE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.8 (379 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare REQUIP with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR REQUIP | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | RLS | I take 2 1/2 mg. so I cut a 5mg in half. Hard to cut so I'm not accurate. If I get too big a dose, I wake up extremely nauseaous and weak with cold sweats. Can hardly stand. Also am having constant pain in feet and ankles. I thought it might be something else causing it until I saw posting here saying others have it also. Am tired all the time. | It has cured my RLS. I very rarely experience it now. | F | 52 | 12 months | 9/19/2006 | 4 | RLS | Headaches in the morning. RLS improved immeidately, however, had to keep increasing the dose. Also, daytime RLS used to be minimal but now it is much, much worse. I have to take 2mg at 3 pm or earlier and then another 2mg at 9 pm so I can sleep. I'm always tired now. But it's still better than RLS which was making me crazy!! | Did anyone else experience an increase in RLS after starting requip? I have a dr. apt next week and will see about taking the Rx on a regular schedule. If my RLS is really bad it can take the drug almost 2 hours to work. | F | 52 | 4 months | 9/18/2006 | 1 | restless leg syndrome | nausea, blurred vision, dizziness, vomiting, extreme anxiety, heart palpations, depression, weight gain, joint pain, high blood pressure, hot flashes, severe RLS early in day, vivid dreams, increased appetite, takes 1 to 4 hours to "kick" in, addictive. | On Requip for 6 months. If not taken nightly, I suffer with insomnia, severe RLS, leg pain, anxiety, heart palpations, etc.,until I am forced to take requip because I cannot stand the side effects. Now, addiction has developed. Side effects of requip are terrible. I don't believe the physicians know how severe and stressful they can become. Anyone successfully stopped taking requip, and how did you do it? Please help. I need to come off it now. My sister is having even more severe problems with this drug. Help. | F | 66 | 6 months | 9/15/2006 | 2 | R L S | Horrendous night sweats, nausea, tremors WORSE than RLS. Last night, I began to vomit after about 30 minutes with this in my system. | When I was a child, I had "growing pains" at night and I would cry with the pain. I am 52 and still have the jumpy legs. I have only taken Requip for 13 days!!! But each night gets worse! I'm not taking it tonight. My poor husband was trying to attend to me last night while I was vomiting. I think I'll take jiggly, jumping legs before vomiting!! I was so happy to finally get a new medicine and now I've lost hope again. | F | 52 | 13 days | 9/13/2006 | 3 | RLS | 0.50g starting dose for 10 months increased to 0.75g july 2006. Definite weight gain (despite a very good diet and exercise) lack of motivation, personality change. Increase in RLS symptoms. Although I have joint pains I do not think this is caused by Requip I feel it is part of the RLS but it has got worse and the weight gain does not help. | At first I thought this was a miracle drug for the first time in ages I got a good night's sleep but after 6 months symptoms started creeping back, so increased dose. In the last week it has come back again but even stronger and have more symptoms during the day. Do not know where to go from here, very tired from lack of sleep and pain. | F | 52 | 14 months | 9/11/2006 | 3 | RLS | Weight gain, stomach pain, joint pain | after the initial starter pak, took it for another month wondering if it was effective enough to continue, am still taking it and if I miss a dose have EXTREME (worse than before) RLS.... it does relieve the RLS but it is not helping me to sleep much better than before....strongly considering discontinuing because of the marginal effectiveness and the not-so-welcome weight gain | F | 58 | 3 months | 9/2/2006 | 3 | Restless Legs | Pain in joints, especially hands and feet. Extremely sleepy after taking. A bit of a "hungover" feeling in the morning and some anxiety during the day. I'm eating more, too, so I'm concerned about weight gain. I cut my dosage down to .25 mg hoping the the side effects will at least lessen. | If side effects don't lessen, I may stop taking, even though it has cured my restless legs (as long as I take before the RLS sets in in the evening, otherwise it doesn't help at all). | F | 48 | 2 months | 8/17/2006 | 3 | restless legs syndrome | I was so excited about requip, do get the nausa, but it passes. Has anyone gotten blurred vision from taking more requip. I took it during the daytime in Las Vagas so I could sit and play. Since we got home, my vision is blurry. I have new glasses I got in May. Please let me know. Diane | One of my other side effects is dry mouth. | F | 64 | 6 days | 8/12/2006 | 3 | restless legs syndrome | I was so excited about requip, do get the nausa, but it passes. Has anyone gotten blurred vision from taking more requip. I took it during the daytime in Las Vagas so I could sit and play. Since we got home, my vision is blurry. I have new glasses I got in May. Please let me know. Diane | F | 64 | 6 days | 8/12/2006 | 3 | RLS | My RLS is getting worse and now even occurs during the day, but is well controlled at night. | I only take .5 mg because it was initially enough to totally eliminate my symptoms (at night). It still works through the night, but for the last couple of months I have been having RLS during the day, which I never had before. I don't know if I should start taking it during the day or just stop taking it. Will taking more continue to make it worse, requiring even more of the drug? | M | 52 | 4 months | 8/11/2006 | 1 | restless leg syndrome | vomiting nausea diziness anixety attacks other too many to mention | please let me know if any one else is havong problems | F | 32 | 4 months | 8/8/2006 | 1 | RLS & Periodic Limb Movement Disord | Not sleeping through the night, weird and disruptive dreams, heartburn, constipation, acne, painful joints, headaches, depression, and lethargic. | Did not help my legs feel better and it made me feel overall worse in every other way. | F | 33 | 7 days | 8/7/2006 | 5 | Restless Legs | I take this about an hour before bedtime. It causes sleepiness, which is much better to have at bedtime than restless legs! | On 1 mg dose 1 hour before bedtime. | F | 41 | 6 months | 7/29/2006 | 5 | Restless Legs | I take this about an hour before bedtime. It causes sleepiness, which is much better to have at bedtime than restless legs! | On 1 mg dose 1 hour before bedtime. | F | 41 | | 7/29/2006 | 5 | Restless Leg Syndrome | Sleepiness after taking Requip. Lasted about 1/2 hour. Had some nausea at first with high dosage but taking with food eliminated the problem | Taking 9mg per day with no symptoms or problems. Made a dramatic improvement to my quality of life. | M | 58 | 6 months | 7/26/2006 | 5 | RLS | Sleepiness, nausea, constipation, heat flashes, dry mouth. | I was OK when I was first started taking Requip at 0.50mg (2 - 0.25mg tablets) twice a day. When I notified my Doctor that it wasn't working he increased it to 1mg (4 - 0.25mg tablets) three time a day. The medication worked but the taste of food changed and I became nauseous. It took about a two weeks and a half to get use to the effects of sleepiness. Also, there are heat flashes associated with sweating. Requip seems to throw off a person's internal thermometer. All in all, Requip does alleviate RLS symptoms and the symptoms do tend to fade away a little bit more, day by day. Thank God that I don't have that feeling of the "creepy-crawlies" or the need to move my legs, which were the worst thing to deal with. | M | 37 | 6 months | 7/17/2006 | 4 | RLS | The only side effect that bothers me is when I take a higher dose than 1 mg, I awake later in the night with first a rectal cramp, followed by increasing rectal pain and increasing nausea. I get up and wait at the thrown until it passes, in case I vomit, and then go back to bed. Not actually vomited, and likley won't but it makes for a lousy night. | I have had RLS since I was 8 years old and am now 50. I've been on Requip for 3 months now. I am very positive about this drug, and it has literally changed my life for the good. This side effect only occurs if I have abused some exasserbating factor, such as alcohol, chocolate, caffiene, and then take extra drug to accommadate with higher dose. | M | 3 months | 7/11/2006 | 4 | RLS | For the first month, a feeling of warmth - this no longer happens. | 1 mg is helpful at night and my doctor just prescribed 1 mg two times a day only if I need it, for example I can cut one in half to go to dinner and be calm, take a long car ride (careful as the driver and stick to .5mg), or take . 5 or 1 mg to go to a movie. Late afternoon can be a tricky time. | F | 57 | 6 months | 7/11/2006 | 5 | RLS | 1 mg. made me sick to my stomach and hot flashy, but .5 mg doesn't. It makes me sleepy, great at bedtime. My legs are quiet all night for the first time since I was 12 years old. I have learned how to sleep all night long. I dragged myself around, tired, falling asleep driving, for 40 years. Now, I feel rested. I have just 2 complaints. One is a rapid heart rate, which does scare me a bit. And, for some reason my rls kicks in mid afternoon now. And it is wicked. I have to keep moving until a couple hours before bedtime to take the requip. | F | 53 | 4 days | 7/6/2006 | 3 | RLS | Increased anxiety, rapid heartbeat, "smothering feeling" | When I first began with the two week sample kit, I thought this was great, but when I got up to a 1mg dose, I began having RLS again. Tonight I cut my 1mg pill in two. The RLS is better, but other side effects are still here. I may have to quit, or go to something else. | F | 57 | 15 days | 6/16/2006 |