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 |
| 1 | RLS | Acute abdominal pain, hot and cold flashes, elevated liver enzymes. | This medicine sucks! Stay away! I was recently told the quinine in tonic water helps and am going to try that instead.... | F | 38 | 6 months | 6/16/2006 | 3 | RLS | I've been taking requip for approximately 4 months - 1mg dose daily. Initially, it worked very well for me, settled my legs, helped me sleep. Over the last few weeks, however, it's been making me nauseous, I've started sweating a lot at night and I'm having increased feelings of anxiety. If these symptoms continue, I'll have to quit taking it. | F | 56 | 120 days | 6/14/2006 | 2 | RLS | Started dosage slowly, from .05 to 1.0, and then 1.5. Was on Requip therpay for 9 months. It seemed to have calmed down the RLS. Suddenly, now, since early June '06, the RLS has returned full-blast, legs are kicking "by themselves" in the middle of the night for 2-3 hours, even though I take my prescription faithfully 1-3 hours before bedtime. I'm currently weaning off medication, from 1.5 to 1.0, and in a few days, back to .05. Will be making app't with doctor in early July on what to do next to relieve RLS. | It worked great in the beginning, but for me, after 9 months, the medication seems not to be working anymore (and has made my RLS much worse). | F | 47 | 9 months | 6/13/2006 | 5 | rls | After I take the pill I know it's working when the nausea sets in. The nausea leaves as soon as I go to bed. Developed migrating aches in joints. Once in a while flushed feeling occurs before going to bed. | I take 2mg 1 hour before bed and it completely eliminated the RLS. Side effects are nothing compared to RLS symptoms. I was getting 2-3 hours sleep per night - now 7-8. Requip is a life saver. I also take Sinemet for RLS with the requip. | M | 52 | 6 months | 6/9/2006 | 3 | RLS and arms. | Night sweats, severe acne out break and sleepiness which was good at night. | Did anyone else experience the acne and night sweats? I see sleepiness is common. Can someone mail me please and let me know? I am wondering if something else broke me out and caused the night sweats. The only other thing I started new was a multivitiam and I started that the week before so I don't think it was that. Thanks in advance! | F | 46 | 3 weeks | 6/9/2006 | 1 | RLS and same discomfort in my arms | I began to use the sample kit 12 days ago, I also had started another 2x a day medication. I thought it was the other medication making me nausea untill, I did not take it today or tonight, but I did continue the Requip and found myself very nausea and then vomitting. It must be the Requip | F | 38 | 12 days | 6/7/2006 | 5 | RLS | I occasionally wake up with a headache, but only in the mornings, and it could be related to a recent neck problem. | I am AMAZED at how it immediately relieved my RLS with just the .25mg trial. I use appr. .75mg 1-2hrs before bed (I have to cut 2mg pills since I bought a bunch of those first, so it isn't exact because the pills are so oddly shaped). I want to go to .5mg when these run out and see if that is sufficient. I dealt with my RLS since I was 14yrs, and tried everything to no avail. Was married 1.5yrs ago and it became a BIG problem with two in the bed. Immediately we were both relieved and have not once been disappointed. I lived with daytime tiredness most of my life, so if I am a little drowsy, it is still better than the awful existence I once lived. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!! | M | 40 | 5 months | 5/30/2006 | 4 | RLS | In the beginning, high BP and extreme anxiety. Doc put me on anxiety drug, but I just feel BLAH. Have no energy and don't feel like doing anything. | It is good I don't kick....but I'd like energy again. I feel depressed all the time...anyone else? | F | 40 | 1 years | 5/29/2006 | 2 | RLS | Nausea,extreme sleepeness followed later by restlessness | The first 3-4 nights there was some nausea but Requip made me so sleepy It didn't bother me and it helped my legs. After the 1st few nights the nausea increased, now to the point that I have to take a Phenegran or sleeping pill with it because the nausea is so bad I can't sleep no matter how sleepy the pill makes me. I've been on it 2wks the 2nd week was worse. Even if I felt okay when I fell asleep I would wake up couple hours later sick and/or very restless. It seems to be disturbing my sleep more than helping. Not sure if I can continue to take it. | F | 23 | 14 days | 5/24/2006 | 3 | rls | helped the pain and weird feelings of having to move my legs, I am taking 4mg before bed. This makes me so sick, sometimes vomiting. I can't stand for any type of movement, so I still can't sleep with my husband. There is also some stomach pain and upset stomach. Does anyone else experience these symptoms? You can email me. The medicine does seem to help the rls but leaves me so tired and sick feeling. | Thinking about stopping the requip. | F | 41 | 4 months | 5/12/2006 | 3 | RLS | I have been taking for roughly three weeks, and have been feeling as if I am floating, and very flushed, and a lot of anxiety. I think it is helping my RLS, but really feel strange, almost outside myself. My Primary Care Physician says my fluoximine is causing the requip not to metabolize in my system, causing the requip to build up to higher and higher levels in my system. Not sure if anyone else has similar issues? | M | 42 | 3 weeks | 4/28/2006 | 4 | Parkinson's Disease | there was off time every few days for about 1/2 day. Also I experienced extreme drowsiness 30-45 minutes after dosage (3mg 3x per day). | helped with tremors, rigidity & posture, bradykenisis, gait, handwriting, leg cramps, nervous leg, coordination. | M | 62 | 4 months | 4/17/2006 | 3 | Parkinson's | I switched from Mirapex to Requip because Mirapex was giving me severe joint pain. Requip is better in that it doesn't cause joint pain, but it does cause my feet and legs to turn blue. Sometimes the veins in my arms and hands are far more pronounced. Also, edema and bloating are pretty common, and energy level is lacking. | I take Requip with Stalevo four times a day. Any time I try to increase the Requip, the side effects get worse. I'm not sure Requip is helping enough at the low dosage to make it worthwhile taking. | F | 57 | 1 years | 4/17/2006 | 4 | Parkinsons | When I first started Requip, I was so tired I fell asleep at a red light and while eating dinner in a restaurant. I was also in a mental fog. Now, I just get a little tired - no more mental fog or inability to stay awake. | F | 67 | 2 years | 4/16/2006 | 4 | Parkinson's Disease | I can sleep but don't want to. Often lose my train of thought. Sore neck and joints. Swelling hands and legs. Severe abdominal pain when medication wears off. I am at maximum dosage of 8mgs. 3x daily, plus 5mgs. Selegiline 2x daily, plus 50/200mgs. Synamet 3x daily. But my Parkinson's is not noticeable to those who don't know. Diagnosed 7 years ago. | M | 60 | 6 years | 4/12/2006 | 3 | RLS | Extreme arthritus symptoms in every joint of hands & fingers and same with feet. I don't see anyone else who rated Requip having these symptoms. I take 1mg & RLS better but wake up to extreme joint pain which continues (not as extreme) all day. | Would like someone to email me if they have the same joint pain. | F | 50 | 2 months | 3/6/2006 | 5 | RLS | No side affects. I take 2 1/2 to 3 mg a day | Must be taken before the RLS starts in the early evening. Lasts about 4 hours, so I break the dosage down and when up in the middle of the night take another .5. I am so thankful for REQUIP. My life is now worth living. | F | 73 | 2 years | 2/28/2006 | 1 | Parkinson's disease | Hallucinations and paranoia when dose was increased from 4mg to 5mg. It became so servere that I was only experiencing lucid periods for 5-10mins per day at the hight of the paranoia. | Users of REQUIP should be made aware of the full implications of this drugs side affects. I was nearly admitted to a Psychiatric Unit. | M | 58 | 18 months | 2/24/2006 | 3 | RLS | weight gain,nausia,so sleepy!!!! no energy. | I just want my energy back. At 2.5 mg constipation is controlable. However, I don't have energy and I'm so sleepy. Does relieve the aweful feeling of needing to move. Still jerk at night and can't sleep with my husband. HELP!!! | F | 41 | 4 days | 2/19/2006 | 3 | RLS | weight gain,nausia,so sleepy!!!! no energy. | I just want my energy back. At 2.5 mg constipation is controlable. However, I don't have energy and I'm so sleepy. Does relieve the aweful feeling of needing to move. Still jerk at night and can't sleep with my husband. HELP!!! | F | 41 | 4 months | 2/19/2006 |