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 | Upper gastric problems, severe fatigue during day. Anxiety. Panic attacks. Dizzy. Headaches. Ringing in ears. Chest pain and heaviness. Just spent 3 days in hospital after taken to ER thinking I was having a heart attack. Had a severe panic attack 1 hr after taking 2mg in the hospital! Felt like room was 100 degrees. Hospital RN started research after all tests negative. | Find another way to deal with RLS. Willing to join any class action against this manufacturer. Had my last Requip yesterday, and hope I dont have any permanent damage. | M | 53 | 1.5 years | 12/12/2008 | 1 | RLS | Began taking this drug, at first it was very helpful, I was delighted to be able to sleep. Began taking 1MG 1 per night. Then increased to .1MG 1 per day and night, then finally up to 3-4 2MG tablets per night. | Increased nausea to the point that even though I am only taking 2MG per night I must take the medication with anti-nausea medication or I am doomed for at least 24 hours. I can honestly state that I have not had any relief with Requip for years at this point in time. I have been diagnoses, finally, with feritiin iron deficiency however taking any level of replacement induces nausea at this point in time as well. I am very upset at this point in time since I do not seem to have any other alternatives as other medications seem to have as many negative side effects. I would not recommend anyone with RLS to take this medication. | F | 59 | 3 years | 12/6/2008 | 1 | RLS | Experienced wight gain, my eye site is very blurry. I thought it was from radiation I had seven years ago but am beginning to think it is the drugs. Have definite obsessive compulsive disorder. I lost almost $10,000 in a year and had never gambled before in my life. I find the drug ruins my evenings as it makes me very tired and sleep all evening if I take the recommended dosage. Unfortunately I have a very severe case of rls and cant live without help of some sort of drug. | M | 55 | 5 days | 12/4/2008 | 1 | RLS | I HAVE NOT HAD ANY SIDE EFFECTS AND WILL NOT HAVE ANY. I AS GIVEN A SCRIPT FOR IT TODAY. AFTER READING WHAT IS ON HERE I WILL NOT BE GETTING IT FILLED. THIS STUFF SCARES ME. WOULD RATHER KEEP DEALING WITH THE RLS. | ANYTHING THAT CAN DO WHAT THIS DOES TO A PERSON I WOULD NOT TAKE NO MATTER WHAT. | F | 63 | 0 days | 11/24/2008 | 4 | RLS | Persistent cough now coupled with urinary incontinence (anybody else having this?? It's driving me crazy!!!); post op knee pain from knee replacement 3.5 months ago is getting worse all the time; out-of-control online shopping with no real concern despite knowing better; general lethargy; diarrhea, often quite explosive; some mild eye issues I didn't associate with this drug until reading others' comments. | Drug gave immediate relief after years of intermittent problems that grew unbearable after knee replacement. Surgeon refused further Vicodin which was the only relief. Very suicidal from constant pain and nightly insanity and pacing for miles around the house all night long until PCP had me try Requip. Currently on .5mg. Have had some weight gain but blamed increasing knee pain and deccreased walking on that until now. Now scared that the worsening knee pain could be caused by Requip. Have Fybromyalgia and enough joint/muscle pain without adding to that... Worried about infections now as well since I have to be super careful. But it's this total lack of control over these urine "squirts" that made me search online in the first place. It's not even due to a full bladder, and it's driving me nuts. -- Need to get a handle on spending before it's too late. That this drug inhibits self control is scary! | F | 55 | 6 weeks | 10/30/2008 | 4 | parkinsons | Leg and feet swelling, 30 lb. weight gain, arthritis in hands, increased libido, frequent erections, bloated feelings. | Taking 24 mg per day. | M | 57 | 4 years | 10/7/2008 | 3 | rls | At first falling to sleep without warning. Now can't sleep without it must wait an hour or more before it works but it does for about 4hrs and that is a good night for me. | M | 2 years | 9/21/2008 | 4 | RLS | felt odd all the time. groggy, sick and nauseous, terrable caugh all the time, developed post nasal drip very bad at night, huge flashes of light in eyes and checkerboard patterns when eyelids were closed and head moved fast. sleepy all the time. Attention span went to almost zero. And just a lot of other stuff. | Helped "at first" Didn't last After some time began to have body shaking leg jerks/kicks even during the day Med wasn't working at night Increased med Side effects got bad Constanly coughed like a giant barking dog, PND almost closed my throat at night Awake hacking up clear mucus all night,(problem got worse & moved to full time day & night Hacking it up almost caused vomiting) Day jerks came back Felt off/odd *sick* all the time Couldn't deal with it any more & went cold turkey off med First night off, had a major leg problems In desperation used bag of ice under the leg Helped the leg to clamn down By accident I found that salt seems to be connected with RLS (I eat & cook salt free No added salt except what is in the food-if processed) I was having ripples down my legs one night while watching TV I started eating some heavily salted tortilla chips as a TV snak & the ripples stopped Experimented with drinking salt water before going to be | M | 63 | 18 months | 9/4/2008 | 2 | rls | serious compulsive shopping problem exacerbated by Requip. Fogginess in mornings, numbness - I'm going to try something else | M | 49 | 5 years | 8/31/2008 | 4 | RLS | I used to be a night owl but now that I take requip I fall asleep early. I wouldn't call that a bad side effect though because I do sleep well now. I have a prescription for .5mg which I usually cut in half. I try to take it at least 1/2 an hour before I sit down to relax for the evening because if I don't and the RLS symptoms start it is harder to relieve the symptoms. On occasion I have taken the whole .5 pill and when I do I sometimes have very disturbing dreams. | Overall I feel requip is a great solution for me, however after reading this I am concerned it will stop working so well and my RLS symptoms will return. Initially my physician though it could have been due to anemia and B12 deficiency. But the symptoms did not clear up after taking supplements. Just now she feels it could be an iron deficiency, which was undiagnosed this whole time. I believe doctors should exhaust all possible causes before putting people on any medication. | F | 41 | 1 years | 8/11/2008 | 3 | RLS | Daytime sleepiness, increased twitches and jerks, nausea | I have suffered from RLS for over 20 years, initially self-medicating with Valerian. However, about 4 years ago, I noticed I was getting some mild twitching in my toes. Did the sleep studies, saw neurologists, and finally succumbed to prescription medication. Have been taking a low dose of Requip (or Repreve in Australia) for the past 3 years. Yes, it usually gets me to sleep (after a good hour of intense yawning!) as it relaxes out the fizzy legs. But there is a downside! I now have horrible myoclonic jerks throughout the day, much much more severe than the initial curling of a couple of toes. Some days my whole legs, up to the hip, and even sometimes my torso, will contort. This is hard to hide when I am travelling home on the bus or train and I feel really self-conscious and uncomfortable. Long distance travel...anything over 1 hour...is now out of the question. Anyway, for want of a reasonable substitute, I am still taking Requip but I really don't like it. I never feel fresh o | F | 54 | 3 years | 8/3/2008 | 5 | Restless Leg Syndrome | none | Stopped all my leg movements almost immediately. I highly recommend this medication! | F | 51 | 6 months | 7/22/2008 | 5 | RLS | Strang and lucid sex dreams. Horny all the time. Also have had a few hallucinations. Nothing major just cats climbing under the bed and we don't have a cat, but I know it's a hallucination when it happens. Wake up around 4 AM the fall right back to sleep, and have some joint pain in hands and wrists. Also wake up with numb hands now but goes away fast. Sweaty too. | All in all Requip is a God send for me. I was having to take atleast 2 naps durring the day just to function. I thought I had cancer or something. Now I sleep a full night no tiredness have energy, and enjoying the early evening now. NO RESTLESS LEGS! that's the best part! (besides mor fun in bed with my wife now!) | M | 38 | 10 days | 7/21/2008 | 4 | Parkinson's | I've experienced the usual stuff (grogginess, weight gain, joint stiffness, mild swelling in hand) but overall have tolerated the drug well and it has helped. However, I'm extremely concerned about my eyes. Several months into taking 9 mg of Requip per day, I had a posterior vitreous detachment(vitreous pulls away from retina) resulting in a mammoth floater. Dr. said it's quite common "as we age" and generally harmless. Had another one in same eye a few months later and one in other eye, too, so I have to deal with big floaters. Now I have an "epiretinal membrane" growing which is blurring the central vision in one eye (it is operable if it gets worse). I also see a black vascular-like pattern/after-image right after I close and open my right eye; plus I've noticed an odd flash of light when I move my eyes from one side of the TV screen to the other. | Even with all this my vision is still fine and easily correctable to 20/20. But I'm in the process of increasing my dosage of requip and am wondering if I'm crazy for continuing this medication. My ophthalmologist doesn't think it's related and my neurologist seemed unaware of the "vision problems" side effect. Has anyone else experienced what I have??? | F | 59 | 21 months | 7/13/2008 | 1 | Restless Leg Syndrome | Weight gain of 30 pounds, swelling of extremities, sweating, increase in frequency of RLS | I was unaware of the side effect of weight gain until I read the messages on this site. Initially, Requip did help, but by the end of 10 months on Requip, I was having RLS every day compared to three or four times per week before the medication. Have stopped it and will not resume. | F | 65 | 10 months | 6/15/2008 | 4 | RLS | Had RLS for about 12 years although I never knew what it was for years. Diagnosed with MS 14 years ago and thought it was another symptom. Started on starter pack and went up to 2mg. Side effects include severe night sweats, severe augmentation from 5p.m. including to the arms, severe nasal congestion- unable to breathe without using nasal spray. Neurologist has reduced dose to 1mg which takes longer to kick in- 2 hours before bed seems to work. Wake a little earlier in the morning but as long as I'm getting a night's sleep I'll stick with it. Valium 2m.g was the best drug I ever took for RLS- worked like a dream for 2 years and then suddenly stopped, apparently you get used to it .. Luckily I had no withdrawal problems, just stopped taking it.Will stick with ropinirole until that also stops working. | Although the augmentation is awful- I never had RLS in the day, the benefits of a full night's sleep are immeasurable. Before Requip ( called adartrel in the UK) I slept 1-2 hours a night because of the leg twitching and spasms. I think I'm prepared to put up with the side effects to be able to sleep for the first time in YEARS! Fascinating to read how many people have suffered night sweats on this drug- when I mentioned it to my neurologist, he had never heard of it and suggested my GP follow up with some tests. Now I know why I'm getting them.I understand this drug is expensive in the USA but luckily we are blessed with the NHS in England so I only pay the base standard presrciption charge of £6 for 2 months supply ( $10) | F | 48 | 1 days | 6/11/2008 | 1 | Restless Leg Syndrome | I have been taking Mirapex for several years for RLS and my doctor urged me to try Requip. From the very beginning I had problems. It seemed to do exactly the opposite of what it was prescribed to treat. I feel terrible - can't sleep but am exhausted; the RLS is worse than ever before; I feel nauseous and sweaty all the time. | I absolutely do not like this medication and will never take it again. It's back to Mirapex for me! | F | 62 | | 6/9/2008 | 5 | PLMSand RLS | i haven't attributed any side effects to requip since i take several other meds with their own baggage. however, i read the side effects of others and i do find that i am slightly groggy and tired in the morning which, if i give into will put me to sleep. but, prior to taking requip all i could do was sleep. so, it's difficult to differentiate what is a side effect and what is a symptom. the biggest side effect has been life changing; when i am awake i am alert and energized, "living le vida loca." | i also have described this drug a a mircle pill. for the last four years or so i have been living like a vegtable. my first complaint was that i was profoundly tired during the day, sometimes falling asleep during a meal or on the telephone or worse, driving. during this time i had several surigical procedures that mixed the signals and caused me to think that the cause lied with the reasons for surgery. first i had a swallowing problem that led to fainting which after a tedious investigation led to an emergency pace maker procedure. heart block was the cause and i thought the pace maker was the cure. not so, more surgery on my cervical spine to correct deformity; this was complicated and risky and resulted in long hospital stays and several more surgeries. the sleep problem fell into the background until i announced one day that i must be cured. only, the sleepiness krept back into my life as i recuperated during the next year. as time went by and i recovered from the knive and reduc | M | 50 | 6 months | 6/4/2008 | 2 | restless legs | Until I visited this site, I didn't realize I was experiencing side effects. Requip does help to relieve the restless legs although sometimes it is slow to work, and if I take it earlier, it makes me so sleepy that I can't enjoy the evening hours. However, I have been feeling so bad lately that I went to see my doctor. He did blood work that did not show anything. He thought that switching to Mirapex might help, but I'm just not sure. I have extreme pain in my feet, some numbness and tingling in my hands, and just feel strange most of the time. I have a very short attention span, am irritable or angry most of the time which is just not me. This is affecting my work and home life. I have decided to come off the requip gradually to see if my symptoms improve. If they are relieved, I will have to look for another medication for restless legs. | F | 59 | 3 years | 5/28/2008 | 4 | Severe RLS | Occassional Nausea (which usually passes quickly). If I take it and can not get to bed within 30 minutes-1 hr I get a little more naustead and occassionaly feel as though I might vomit. I have on about 3 occassions gotten so dizzy that I became pale and weak and my knees buckled. Once I came crashing down in the kitchen and the other 2 times were in the bathroom washing my face before bed within an hour of taking it. If I take it very late at night and don't sleep 8 hours I'm nauseated in the morning. I have had somewhat frequent headaches behind my eye and have constant headaches in general. I have had 2 migraines. I have had no numbness, swelling or actual fainting (though as I mentioned I came very close). I have only vomitted on 2 occassions while taking sinus medicine with requip. Overall, nothing too bad. I have been taking it for 3 years. Recently I started experiencing some vertigo that was a little more frequent. But it tends to come in spells. I am drowsy during the day by 3 | As early as my childhood memories begin, I remember having these horrible feelings in my legs. My grandmother called them "fidgets" My grandmother, mother & father have these "figets" but to much lesser degrees. Now, just as then, my legs bother me on a daily basis. I would experience it in school, in the car or laying in bed. Mine has always been so severe it is not just late in the evening but all day long. I would have to pace my house as a 4 year old in the middle of the night with my mother. My parents have spent hours massaging my feet with Rubbing alcohol, which the cooling sensation helped long enough to get me to sleep. I am 27 now and the symptoms are still frequent and bothersome. I get ill,aggitated & angry towards anyone when my legs are bothering me because it is truly uncontrolable & makes me feel helpless.Requip, despite it's side effects have been a life saver. I started with the .25 dose & was moved up until I was taking 2 mg. Th | M | 27 | 3 years | 5/23/2008 |