88 patient evaluations for Pramipexole

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Jan 22, 2021 (Started Oct 19, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for restless legs syndrome)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence), weight gain, drowsiness)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1.5 mg Daily
Side effects: weight gain, drowsiness, excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)

Jun 26, 2020 (Started Oct 19, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for restless legs syndrome)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence), weight gain, drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1.5 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, drowsiness, excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)

Mar 1, 2020 (Started Oct 19, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for restless legs syndrome)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence), weight gain, drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1.5 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, drowsiness, excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)

Jan 12, 2017 (Started Oct 19, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for restless legs syndrome)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence), weight gain, drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1.5 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: The Mirapex IR is still working well for me. I use it for restless legs & as dopamine agonist for PD.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, drowsiness, excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)

Apr 20, 2016 (Started Oct 19, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for restless legs syndrome)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence), weight gain, drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1.5 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, drowsiness, excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)

Nov 10, 2014 (Started Oct 19, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for restless legs syndrome)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence), weight gain, drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1.5 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: For a brief time I took this in its XR formula with great success. It seemed not to cause as much daytime somnolence in this form. But it was a 4th Tier drug and my cost for 3 months was $600. I tried it for 3 months & then went to the immediate release. I am struggling with drowsiness & trying to remember the noon dose.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, drowsiness, excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)

Oct 14, 2011 (Started Oct 19, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence), weight gain, drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, drowsiness, excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)

Mar 15, 2010 (Started Oct 19, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence), weight gain, drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 1 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It eliminates the restless legs syndrome I used to suffer with.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, drowsiness, excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)

Jan 7, 2009 (Started Oct 19, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence), weight gain, drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 1 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, drowsiness, excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)

  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 11, 2018 (Started Oct 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 0.5 mg Four times daily
Advice & Tips: same as above
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: gambling urges, nausea and vomiting

Nov 4, 2017 (Started Oct 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (nausea and vomiting, gambling urges)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 0.5 mg Four times daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: gambling urges, nausea and vomiting

Aug 10, 2017 (Started Oct 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (nausea and vomiting, gambling urges)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 0.5 mg Four times daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: gambling urges, nausea and vomiting

May 25, 2017 (Started Oct 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (nausea and vomiting, gambling urges)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 0.5 mg Four times daily
Advice & Tips: Eat crackers when taking it to help with nausea
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: gambling urges, nausea and vomiting

Jan 17, 2017 (Started Oct 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (nausea and vomiting, gambling urges)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 0.5 mg Four times daily
Advice & Tips: Eat crackers before taking the drug
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: gambling urges, nausea and vomiting

Oct 10, 2016 (Started Oct 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 0.5 mg Four times daily
Advice & Tips: No problems
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: gambling urges, nausea and vomiting

Sep 14, 2016 (Started Oct 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (nausea and vomiting, gambling urges)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 0.5 mg Four times daily
Advice & Tips: Eat crackers.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: gambling urges, nausea and vomiting

Jul 10, 2016 (Started Oct 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 0.5 mg Four times daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: gambling urges, nausea and vomiting

Sep 16, 2015 (Started Oct 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (nausea and vomiting, gambling urges)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 0.5 mg Four times daily
Advice & Tips: Eat crackers when taking it to help with nausea
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: gambling urges, nausea and vomiting

Jan 24, 2011 (Started Oct 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (nausea and vomiting, gambling urges)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 3.5 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Severly vomiting. Stopped the drug.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: gambling urges, nausea and vomiting

Aug 26, 2008 (Started Oct 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (gambling urges)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1.5 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Good medicine for Parkinsons, but can make you want to gamble.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: gambling urges, nausea and vomiting

  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 24, 2017 (Started Jan 15, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for restless legs syndrome)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 0.75 mg Daily

Aug 27, 2016 (Started Jan 15, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for restless legs syndrome)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 0.75 mg Daily

  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 13, 2017 (Started Jul 01, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 0.125 mg Twice daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Apr 14, 2016 (Started Jul 01, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: do not suddenly go on or off this med. Though I have not had issues, many people do with sudden large increases/decreases. Otherwise it works well for me in conjunction with Carbidopa/levodopa.
Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 27, 2016 (Started Jul 15, 2016)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for restless legs syndrome)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1.5 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I seem to take more and more. Already I'm up to 1.5 tabs
Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 11, 2016 (Started Jul 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Advice & Tips: n/a
Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 31, 2015 (Started Jun 13, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for restless legs syndrome)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 0.25 mg Daily

  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 5, 2007 (Started Aug 20, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (weight gain, vivid dreams, visual hallucinations)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: $100-199 monthly
Side effects: auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, vivid dreams, weight gain

Sep 5, 2007 (Started Aug 20, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (weight gain, vivid dreams, visual hallucinations)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 0.25 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Watch very carefully for side effects and ask your Dr about alternate treatments (Neupro is the only dopamine agonist which works for me, although I'm still overeating. I had to bail from Requip after just 2 doses).
Cost: $100-199 monthly
Side effects: auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, vivid dreams, weight gain

  • 0 helpful marks

May 3, 2004 (Started Feb 15, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (breathing difficulty, vomiting, stomach pain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1.5 mg Twice daily

  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 15, 2014 (Started Apr 06, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for restless feeling in legs)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 2 mg Daily

  • 0 helpful marks
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