108 patient evaluations for Ropinirole

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Jun 29, 2008 (Started Apr 15, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (pain, fatigue, nausea, indigestion)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 8 mg Daily
Side effects: pain, indigestion, fatigue, nausea, problems concentrating
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 10, 2009 (Started Feb 09, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: Daily
Advice & Tips: Take as directed and call rhe doctor if there are any problems
Cost: < $25 monthly

Dec 14, 2008 (Started Feb 09, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: Daily
Advice & Tips: Take as directed and on time
Cost: < $25 monthly

Oct 20, 2008 (Started Feb 09, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Sep 19, 2008 (Started Feb 09, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Aug 18, 2008 (Started Feb 09, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: Daily
Advice & Tips: Take it regularly and on time. Also work out a dosing schedule in which your peak activity level matches the peak level of medication . I am taking the generic . so the savings are substantial $6 mo vs $600 mo
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 6, 2009 (Started Sep 30, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (constipation, dizziness, tiredness, somnolence)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 4 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: XL Version is an improvement over Requip and Mirapex
Side effects: tiredness, dizziness, somnolence, constipation, constipation
  • 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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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