108 patient evaluations for Ropinirole

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Sep 18, 2008 (Started Nov 28, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (constipation, pain, fatigue, weight gain, daytime sleepiness, difficult to move or walk)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 15 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Be very careful when doing ordinary things such as driving. I stopped driving all together when my doseage was increased to 3mg 3x per day. I would get very tired and knew I could not stop these side effects,so I stopped the activity. Be prepared to become very tired about 10 to 15 minutes after taking meds, I find that when I start yawning it is time to take a break or take a nap. I prefer the nap, I feel a little better after a short nap.
Side effects: daytime sleepiness, pain, weight gain, difficult to move or walk, constipation, fatigue

Sep 14, 2008 (Started Nov 28, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (pain, fatigue, daytime sleepiness, difficult to move or walk)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 15 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Be very careful when it comes to driving. You may think you are fine, but, sleepiness comes on so fast that sometimes you have no warning. If you must drive, try to keep it very short, to the corner store etc. And get ready to yawn.
Side effects: daytime sleepiness, pain, weight gain, difficult to move or walk, constipation, fatigue

Aug 19, 2008 (Started Nov 28, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (daytime sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 15 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I have read from other people about side effects. It seems that you either have a problem with requip or you don't. And if you don't it works very well on symptoms such as tremor and internal shakieness.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: daytime sleepiness, pain, weight gain, difficult to move or walk, constipation, fatigue
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 24, 2008 (Started Sep 03, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (face grimace)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 32 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: great med, need to up my dosage a bit
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: face grimace
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 26, 2008 (Started Jun 26, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (pain, fatigue, nausea, indigestion, daytime sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 4 mg Daily
Side effects: daytime sleepiness, indigestion, pain, fatigue, nausea, fatigue, nausea

Aug 27, 2008 (Started Jun 26, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (pain, fatigue, nausea, indigestion, daytime sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 12 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: daytime sleepiness, indigestion, pain, fatigue, nausea, fatigue, nausea
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 9, 2008 (Started Jun 02, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (fatigue, nausea, nerve pain (neuralgia), daytime sleepiness, swelling in feet, swelling in hands)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 6 mg Daily
Side effects: swelling in feet, swelling in hands, nausea, daytime sleepiness, nerve pain (neuralgia), fatigue
  • 0 helpful marks

May 20, 2010 (Started Jul 01, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (fatigue, daytime sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 15 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Requip is a wonderful medication but it has a bad side and thjat is to increase OCD behaviors. So be careful and take note of behaviors that are not normal
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: daytime sleepiness, fatigue
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 7, 2008 (Started Oct 07, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (fatigue, tiredness, indigestion, daytime sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 15 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: tiredness, daytime sleepiness, indigestion, fatigue
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 15, 2008 (Started Sep 11, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (tiredness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 4 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I have no more side effects than any other of the battery of drugs used to treat our burden. Neurologist simply write out prescriptions with little concern of effect or outcome of treatment. We,the afflicted are left holding the bay as treatments available advance under the medieval control of the religious right that has been used by the Bush administration. We as patients have been used as cannon fodder by this these groups, It is time to take of the gloves in the fight against Parkinson's!
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: tiredness
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 28, 2008 (Started Sep 30, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Increase effect of another treatment)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (fatigue, nausea, indigestion, daytime sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 0.75 mg Daily
Side effects: daytime sleepiness, indigestion, nausea, fatigue
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 8, 2008 (Started Oct 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for restless feeling in legs)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1 other One time
Advice & Tips: Not worth the time it took to take this stuff. It was free from the doctor or I would have counted it a major burden.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 5, 2008 (Started Sep 09, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (nausea, daytime sleepiness, swelling in feet, swelling in ankles)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 16 mg Daily
Cost: $200+ monthly
Side effects: swelling in feet, swelling in ankles, daytime sleepiness, nausea
  • 0 helpful marks
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