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Requip Treatment Report

Category: Prescription Drugs

Generic Name: Ropinirole

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46 patient evaluations for Requip

Wavewatcher

Sex: F

Data Quality: 3 stars

MS: 16 yrs

Type: Secondary Progressive

Relapse: Severe

Sensation: Severe

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by Wavewatcher
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**Purpose:** Restless feeling in legs *(Started Jun 15, 2002)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Feb 04, 2013	4 mg Daily	Major	None	Always	Not at all
Jul 28, 2010	4 mg Daily	Major	None	Always	Not at all

Date: Feb 04, 2013
Advice & Tips: I have been taking all 4mg for several years and they do me more good taking all four at night.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Date: Jul 28, 2010
Advice & Tips: Medications are set up once a week to be taken 3 times a day for a week. If I miss a dose of this which I take 1mg at lunch and 3 at 8=9 pm I will be kicking like a mule before midnight and my legs killing me. Missing a dose is not an option.
Cost: < $25 monthly

0 helpful marks

Wayne Lampe

Sex: M

Data Quality: 2 stars

ALS: 7 yrs

Bi-Pap Wheelchair Feeding tube

Bulbar: moderate

Arms: severe

Chest: moderate

Legs: moderate
by Wayne Lampe
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**Purpose:** RLS (Restless Legs Syndrome) *(Started Nov 20, 2005)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Dec 15, 2012	0.75 mg Daily	Major	None	Always	Not at all
Jan 01, 2012	0.75 mg Daily	Moderate	None	Always	Not at all

Side effects:: Daytime sleepiness

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babsinfisk

Sex: F

Data Quality: 2 stars

MS: 10 yrs

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by babsinfisk
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**Purpose:** Other *(Started Jul 29, 2008)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jul 14, 2012	0.5 mg Daily	Moderate	Moderate	Always	Very
Feb 04, 2009	8 mg Daily	Major	Mild	Always	A little
Jan 22, 2009	8 mg Daily	Major	Mild	Always	Very
Mar 03, 2008		Major	Mild	Always	Somewhat

Side effects:: Indigestion, Nausea, Excessive yawning

Date: Jan 22, 2009
Advice & Tips: It works for me.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Date: Mar 03, 2008
Advice & Tips: I couldn't live without it. I'm wondering if it is becoming less effective tho
Cost: < $25 monthly

0 helpful marks

RVPAPPY

Sex: M

Data Quality: 3 stars

Parkinson's: 10 yrs

Hoehn-Yahr 3 Type: Parkinson's disease On

Mouth/throat: mild

Arms: mild

Chest: mild

Legs: mild
by RVPAPPY
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**Purposes:** Improve mobility and Parkinson's Disease *(Started Apr 23, 2010)*
Date	Dosage	Improve mobility Perceived effectiveness	Parkinson's Disease Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jul 11, 2012		?Can't tell	?Can't tell	Moderate	Usually	Not at all
Jul 01, 2012	6 mg Daily	Slight	None	Severe	Always	Not at all

Date: Jul 11, 2012
Advice & Tips: On days where I may be forced to drive I may skip a dose of this med. My attacks of sudden fatigue and sleepines have been positivly linked to taking this med
Cost: < $25 monthly

0 helpful marks

Cabinonalake

Sex: M

Data Quality: 0 stars

Parkinson's: 8 yrs

Hoehn-Yahr 2 Type: Parkinsonism (unknown cause) On

Mouth/throat: mild

Arms: mild

Chest: mild

Legs: mild
by Cabinonalake
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**Purpose:** Parkinson's Disease *(Started Feb 07, 2011)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Mar 08, 2012	4 mg Daily	Moderate	None	Always	Not at all

Date: Mar 08, 2012
Advice & Tips: Works best when taken with first Stelevo dose
Cost: < $25 monthly

0 helpful marks

peaches la rue

Sex: F

Data Quality: 2 stars

Pain: Most

Fatigue: All

Sleep: All

Stiffness: All

function: None

external_stress: Most

Stickman: all
Description:F74y
FM:16y Dx
CFS:16y Dx
by peaches la rue
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**Purposes:** RLS (Restless Legs Syndrome) and Restless feeling in legs *(Started Jan 10, 2002)*
Date	Dosage	RLS (Restless Legs Syndrome) Perceived effectiveness	Restless feeling in legs Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Nov 24, 2011	As needed	Major	Moderate	Mild	Always	A little

Date: Nov 24, 2011
Advice & Tips: my dose was raised from requip 1mg bid to requip 1mg tid because the pain/discomfort was increasing. the additional dose has helped a lot ADVISE: take medication before symptoms become noticeable or else it takes a long time to kick in. i am now able to sit comfortably
Cost: < $25 monthly

0 helpful marks

BaykayakR

Sex: M

Data Quality: 2 stars

Parkinson's: 16 yrs

Hoehn-Yahr 1 Type: Parkinson's disease On

Mouth/throat: none

Arms: none

Chest: none

Legs: none
by BaykayakR
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**Purpose:** Parkinson's Disease *(Started Apr 25, 2008)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
May 03, 2011	4 mg Daily	Moderate	Mild	Always	Not at all
Sep 04, 2009	12 mg Daily	Major	Mild	Always	Not at all
Sep 11, 2008	12 mg Daily	Major	Mild	Always	Not at all

Side effects:: Swelling in feet, Daytime sleepiness, Swelling in ankles, Obsessions, Breathing difficulty with activity

Date: May 03, 2011
Advice & Tips: Over time I began to have obsessive thought and behavior patterns and my ankles began to swell. As the dosage has been reduced my aerobic breathing has returned to nearly the levels before I began taking medication. At 8 mg or more I was unable to swim the regular distances I had been swimming previously
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Date: Sep 04, 2009
Advice & Tips: Long acting (XL) formula allows me to feel more normal.
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Date: Sep 11, 2008
Advice & Tips: I'm taking Requip XL; the dosage is very steady and the sleepiness is more easily controlled.

0 helpful marks

tiredoftired

Sex: M

Data Quality: 2 stars

Bipolar Disorder

Depression: 2

Mania: 0

Emotional: 3

Anxiety: 2

Compulsion: 2

External Stress: Severe

Rx Therapy

30 M

Function: Low

Distress: Moderate
by tiredoftired
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**Purpose:** Major Depressive Disorder *(Started Mar 03, 2011)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Apr 20, 2011	0.5 mg Daily	Moderate	Severe	Always	Not at all

Side effects:: Nausea

0 helpful marks

englishtutor

Sex: F

Data Quality: 2 stars

Parkinson's: 16 yrs

Hoehn-Yahr 2 Type: Parkinson's disease On

Mouth/throat: none

Arms: mild

Chest: none

Legs: mild
by englishtutor
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**Purpose:** Parkinson's Disease *(Started Jul 16, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Feb 28, 2011	9 mg Daily	Moderate	Mild	Always	Not at all
Aug 17, 2009	3 mg Daily	Moderate	Mild	Always	Not at all

Side effects:: Daytime sleepiness, Nausea, Nausea sometimes, Dizziness with hypotension upon standing

0 helpful marks

parkinohio

Sex: M

Data Quality: 0 stars

Parkinson's: 10 yrs

Hoehn-Yahr 3 Type: Parkinson's disease On

Mouth/throat: mild

Arms: mild

Chest: mild

Legs: mild
by parkinohio
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**Purpose:** Parkinson's Disease *(Started Jun 12, 2006)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Feb 15, 2011	2 mg Daily	?Can't tell	Moderate	Always	Not at all
Jan 10, 2011	4 mg Daily	None	Mild	Never	Not at all
Jun 11, 2010	8 mg Daily	Moderate	Moderate	Always	Not at all
Oct 30, 2009	8 mg Daily	Moderate	Mild	Always	A little
Jun 23, 2009	8 mg Daily	Moderate	Mild	Always	Not at all
Jan 15, 2009	9 mg Daily	?Can't tell	Mild	Always	A little
Dec 04, 2008	9 mg Daily	Moderate	Moderate	Usually	Somewhat

Side effects:: Daytime sleepiness, Swelling in feet, Pain, Swelling in ankles

Date: Jan 10, 2011
Advice & Tips: With doctor's advice stopped taking requip because of moderate feet and ankle swelling

Date: Jan 15, 2009
Advice & Tips: reduction of Requip further reduced primary side effect of swelling of feet ankles. There has been no increase in my parkinson symptoms following this reduction. It seems that the positive results from the addition of Azilect about 6 months ago more than compensated for the benefits of the third Requip tablet. If this continues I plan to reduce Requip by 2 mg per day from 6 mg to 4 mg per day.

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