PatientsLikeMe : Ropinirole Treatment Report

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Taking Ropinirole
44 Patients currently take Ropinirole
8 Patients stopped taking Ropinirole
babsinfisk Sex: F Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile babsinfisk Requip, 6mg daily since Apr 15, 2008
tink1227 Sex: F Sensation: Moderate Overall: None Cognition: mild Vision: none Speech: mild Swallowing: none Upper limb: none Walking: none See profile tink1227 0.25mg daily since Jun 11, 2008
DDK Sex: F Sensation: Mild Overall: None Cognition: mild Vision: none Speech: none Swallowing: mild Upper limb: none Walking: moderate See profile DDK Requip, 0.5mg daily since Jul 05, 2007

What is Ropinirole? Ropinirole is an anti-Parkinson's agent used to treatment the signs and symptoms of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). It is also indicated for the treatment of moderate-to-severe primary Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS).

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Reasons Taken

52 patients in the community are taking or have taken Ropinirole.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	26	50%
Restless Leg Syndrome	11	21%
General health	4	7%
Night-time leg spasms	3	5%
Pain	2	3%
Stiffness/spasticity	2	3%
Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia)	1	1%
Muscle cramping, spasms	1	1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Ropinirole.

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0 mg Daily	0.25 mg Daily	0.5 mg Daily	0.75 mg Daily	1 mg Daily	1 Daily	2 mg Daily	3 mg Daily	4 mg Daily	5 mg Daily	6 mg Daily
3	3	4	1	18	1	4	2	4	1	1

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Ropinirole or how long patients were taking Ropinirole before stopping.

Currently taking Ropinirole

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
2	2	2	7	7	7

Stopped taking Ropinirole

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
3	3	1	0	1	0

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ropinirole (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe	3	38%
Doctor's advice	2	25%
Other	2	25%
Course of treatment ended	1	13%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

None	100%	2

Restless Leg Syndrome

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	33%	1
Moderate	0%	0
Mild	0%	0
None	67%	2

Top reported side-effects include: daytime sleepinesss, nauesa, Fatigue

Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 3)

Impy Ann1

Sex: F

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate

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by Impy Ann1
Oct 08, 2008