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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 5  RLS Weight Gain If titrated correctly - you'll end up with the right dosage! My Dr. had me email almost daily how I was feeling after taking the newest dose. If I was a little nauseas she had me repeat the same dosage. She increased until I got the relief I was looking for. I'm not sure if the wt gain is related. I was sleeping about 3 hrs/night before requip - I was too miserable to eat. It has made such a positive improvement in my live! Anyone having side effects - have you're dosage checked! It could be as easy as taking less! F 49 2 years
1/25/2010
 1  RLS When I woke after the first night of taking REQUIP XL 2 mg with the headache from hell. I stood up and almost passed out, started sweating, nauseated, light sensitivity. not taking it EVER! Yes, I slept last night but it's not worth the misery the next day. F 62 1 days
1/12/2010
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 5  RLS I had a few strange dreams at the beginning, but I've had dreams before just as crazy! I get real sleepy about an hour after taking 1mg before bedtime, but I look forward to the slumber now, because before I started taking it my feet would tingle, burn, turn numb and cold... so right now I love it! I've been on it for about 6 months with no weight gain (Thank Goodness). I didn't know that was a side effect, but I try to control the ole fat anyway. I'm glad my doctor prescribed it. I went for all kinds of testing from circulation problems, vitimin deficiences, to arthritis and this is the only thing that showed up. F 51 6 days
12/28/2009
 3  RLS Heavy sweating,weight gain, overeating, compulsiveness. Taken for a few months now and noticed early afternoon rebound. My MD had me take one when I get home and it seems to help. I've noticed at 2 mg now I wake up drenched in sweat at night. I also am more compulsive at spending, playing on the computer, etc... Have gained 15 lbs. M 50 3 months
12/15/2009
 2  Parkinson's Hypersexuality. I was taking 18 mg day of requip. At its height of use I was hypersexual. The result was I had an affair with another woman on mirapex who was in a similar situation. I was a conservative Lutheran pastor and my career and marriage both ended as a result. M 45 4 years
11/29/2009
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 4   Slight weight gain, depression, nausea, very increased sexual appetite. At 38 and being diabetic, I had little to no sex drive, as my boyfriend would agree, after taking requip I cant get enough. I want sex all the time, I'm more interested in sex and in my boyfriend, I love it. F 38 6 months
11/20/2009
 1  Parkinson's I had been previously a prudent, cautious, conservative businessman and investor. On Requip, I spent my own and borrowed money compulsively and recklessly on high-risk "investment opportunities". My hypersexuality included over-the-top spending on "adult" videos. I spent compulsively on collectibles. My marriage nearly came apart. M 62 2 years
11/20/2009
 3  RLS Weight gain, 21 lbs in 2 months, nasal congestion, constant fatigue, heartburn, headache, itching,urges to gamble, stomache pain, loose stools, kidney stones, constant toothache. I'm done. I'll suffer with RLS, and severe sleep deprivation, I have since I was 12. F 33 63 days
11/6/2009
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 3  RLS As a longtime user of Requip, my side effects are many. I am almost always tired. I have frequent headaches. My joints often get so stiff that I feel like I have rigormortous setting in. I also have terrible ankle stiffness at night that causes me to rotate them until they pop over and over again. I am not sure if the requip causes this or it is part of RLS and the requip helps it. I also have an increase in gambling activity but my MAIN side effect that has hurt my life is strange or bizarre sexual urges. Nothing illegal but still strange. Still taking it because I simply CANNOT sleep without it. WISH I could find another alternative!!! M 44 9 years
10/29/2009
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 1  RLS I have gained 40 pounds in the last 4 years; additionally, I have been vomiting a couple of nights a week for two years. I've had all kinds of tests to determine why I've been vomiting, only to have them all come back negative. Now I read the website and find that vomiting is just one of the side effects. Yes, the drup works for RLS, but only if I don't throw it up. And now I know why I've felt like I'm wandering around underwater for the last 3 - 4 years. I don't know how I'm going to get off this stuff, but I'm going to have to try! F 55 4 years
10/14/2009
 1  RLS I've been taking requip for about 8 months. I only take it at night, but it's not helping and i've gained 10 pounds! I have ringing in the ears, but I also have a vertigo problem and am off balance alot. Now i'm wondering if the requip is adding to that problem. I'm tired, distracted, and just don't have my old get up and go. Quitting today! I can't believe my doctor prescribed it. F 52 8 months
9/26/2009
 3  Parkinsons Tightness in chest, ocassional headaches, short-term nausea, increase in appetite Has increased my dexterity on the keyboard but has not assisted with tremor in my right arm. Currently on 4mg morning and 4mg in the evening. Dont want to take medicine more than I need to. Doctor wants to try Requip before we move to Sinemet. If I can attain a shake-free arm, the side affects are tolerable. M 44 6 weeks
9/14/2009
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 4  RLS Weight gain, hair loss, lethargy and mood swings. I wonder how much is due to requip and how much menopause. No sexual stuff though, unfortunately (lol). Certainly controls the RLS but should like info on alterative medications, i.e. without the side-effects. F 54 1 years
9/11/2009
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 1  parkinson's nausea, vomiting, light headededness,extreme fatigue, falling asleep at any time, violent vomiting. M 62
9/1/2009
 4  RLS Very vivid nightmares/dreams that wake me up every couple of hours, also occasional drowsiness F 19 6 months
8/20/2009
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 4  RLS The Requip makes me extremely sleepy.....so I do my best to time my taking my evening dosage. Have been increased to the 5 mg and now within minutes of taking, I have a terrible dry hacking cough, as if I had hair in the back of my throat. Also nasal congestion, so bad, that I wake up feeling like I am ready to throw up. Horrible feeling of having dry heaves. May have found a simple solution, two hours before bed, split tablet in half, take half with food, then take the other half at bedtime. No coughing, and no RLS systems yet...... I hope my new plan of attack works, because the REQUIP really does quiet my RLS........I've had RLS for over 35 years.........my Mom said I had "The Clinks", I just couldn't keep still, but back then it was difficult to tell your Mom, "It feels like ants in my legs". Before going to REQUIP, I was on Sinemet, and it had gotten to the point that it just wasn't working anymore.......and my husband was tired of me kicking him in bed. F 51 3 months
8/20/2009
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 2  parkinsons large weight gain,edema hands and feet, bad cough, fall asleep during the day,hard to stay asleep at night,teeth have gone bad,low pain in back, bad acid reflux after second dose In the begining it worked prety good but now the sude effects are so bad i feel I need to get off this drug. and try something else. F 64 2 years
8/18/2009
 5  severe RLS, muscle spasms. I have had the swelling of feet and legs but not sure it's requip. It comes and goes. My muscle spasms start in afternoon, so I take 1mg in aftrnoon, then 1 in evening, then a third one about8:30/9:00. It has been a life savor for me with very few side effects. I have been taking neurontin for about 13 yrs. for fibromyalgia and RLS. But it had gotten where it wasn't helping the RLS, which had gotten worse through the yrs. I had the RLS for many yrs, as did my mother, but didn't know there was a name for it untill I was told when I was diagnosed with the fibromyalgia. F 62 2 days
8/7/2009
 2  RLS Approximately one hour after sleep onset I wake up and have trouble getting back to sleep. I have OSA (use CPAP) and RLS. Also some related MH issues such as anxiety and depression resulting from sleep deprivation. Like many here have stated, Requip started out as a God-send, but faded quickly. Some of it is my own fault, I know. I have sever ADHD and do not remember to take the doses during the day. So, I take 1mg at night (with Dr. approval.) My sleep seems more disrupted from the drug than the disorder. Also experienced hyopsexual activity and thinking. Not a good thing. Again, the "compulsive behavior" brought on by the drug is worse than the disrupted sleep from the RLS. M 51 2 years
6/30/2009
 3  PD Nausea, sleepiness, swelling of my leggs I have been taking Requip for little over two years. Because of my petite size (5'1"- 110 lb), I started out with the smallest dosage and it gave me an instant relief from PD symptoms. But it didn't last long. In one year, I have reached with maximum dosage with more side effects. I had nausea from the low dosage but it lasts only half an hour to an hour. I accidentally found antidote for it. It is a peanut butter sandwich cracker. It's better to eat it before nausea starts but it still works even when I'm already feeling sick. It usually takes effect within 2 to 3 sandwich crackers. However, there is nothing I can do to fight against sleepiness. I'm having swelling of my legs lately. My feet and hands are constantly cramping up. Last two months have been very difficult with more side effects with not much effect to my PD symptoms. Try to keep my full time job in this economy with PD at my stage is very hard. The only good thing is that I can still sleep well at night. F 49 27 months
6/27/2009

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