What is Pramipexole?
Pramipexole is an anti-Parkinson's agent that is used to treat symptoms of Parkinson's Disease, such as stiffness, tremors, muscle spasms, and poor muscle control and for moderate to severe primary restless legs syndrome. Off label it is used for the treatment of depression.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) | 27 |
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11 | ||
| Other | 18 |
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3 | |||
| Muscle cramping, spasms | 7 |
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1 | ||||
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Leg spasms (both) | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Depression | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Pramipexole. See all 14 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Doctor's advice
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5 | 50% |
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Did not seem to work
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3 | 30% |
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Expense
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1 | 10% |
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Other
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1 | 10% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 10% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- D'awesome
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Severe
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- D'awesome
- 0.5mg as needed
- since Aug 26, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Take as needed, not as directed. I use it when the RLS strikes, it's not an everyday thing, so I use as needed not as directed. See full evaluation
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- jobobf
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- jobobf
- 0.25 mg daily
- since Jan 14, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Use it or go crazy See full evaluation
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- booboo1
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Severe
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- booboo1
- 0.5mg as needed
- since Mar 20, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips helps to rest when legs are restless. See full evaluation
See all 14 patient evaluations
Report created on November 22, 2009.