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What is Sifrol?

Sifrol is a brand name for the drug Pramipexole, a dopamine agonist drug used treat Parkinson's Disease symptoms, such as stiffness, tremors, muscle spasms, and poor muscle control; also used to treat restless legs syndrome.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Treat Parkinson's 9 5
Treat Parkinson's disease 2 1
Support another treatment 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
2 33%
Moderate
1 17%
Mild
2 33%
None
1 17%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sleepiness
3 50%
Restlessness
1 17%
Abnormal involuntary movements
1 17%
Paranoia
1 17%
sweet tooth
1 17%
swollen ankles
1 17%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Sifrol. See all 11 dosages ►

  0.125 mg daily 0.375 mg daily 0.72 mg daily 0.75 mg daily 1 mg daily 1.5 mg daily 3 mg daily 3.75 mg daily 4.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 3000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Sifrol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
2 67% Doctor's advice: 67%
Did not seem to work
1 33% Did not seem to work: 33%
Side effects too severe
1 33% Side effects too severe: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Sifrol

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Sifrol

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
0
3
4
5

Stopped Taking Sifrol

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
5 83%
Usually
1 17%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 17%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
3 50%
Not at all
2 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 17%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
3 50%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.