I've had RLS since my teenage years. Over the years it has gradually gotten worse. I now get RLS any time of the day. Sometimes it even affects my arms along with the legs. I started with 2mg of Requip per day but have since increased the dosage. I now take 8mg per day generally starting with 1mg at 1:30 to 2 p.m. and continuing to bedtime. Requip will initially cause RLS before relaxing the...
I've been taking 1 mg for about two yrs now...and it doesn't seem to work as good...I now feel tired all the time can't sleep...and my joints hurt and are stiff all the time...have had a cough for months...eyes are dry and nose stuffed...don't know if it's all related to the meds or what...but I didn't feel this crappy before...going to start new meds soon...hopefully they will work...other wise I...
Anonymous | 65-74 | Female | On medication for 5 to less than 10 years | Patient
5/30/2014
Condition: Other
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It makes me cough and makes me very congested for about2-3 hours.
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Anonymous | 65-74 | Male | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Patient
5/19/2014
Condition: Parkinson's Disease
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Anonymous | 65-74 | Female | On medication for 5 to less than 10 years | Patient
5/18/2014
Condition: Extreme Discomfort in Calves when Sitting or Lying Down
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susieq602000yahoo.com | 65-74 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
5/5/2014
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I now have ringing in my ears. I have an allergy to sulfur ever since childhood. It has always been in my medical chart. The ingredients are not listed for donepezil hcl
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Anonymous | 55-64 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
4/28/2014
Condition: Extreme Discomfort in Calves when Sitting or Lying Down
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My legs ache and also my torso feels as if I have to move
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Anonymous | 65-74 | Male | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Patient
4/18/2014
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Restless leg syndrome. Could not sit or sleep. Constant jumping legs. Cleared up in a week. Been on requip for 4 years. no problems
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pokermama44 | 65-74 | Female | On medication for 10 years or more | Patient
4/16/2014
Condition: Extreme Discomfort in Calves when Sitting or Lying Down
Overall rating 5.0
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Without this medication, I don't believe I could get a good night's sleep. I would be up walking the floor trying to ease the restless legs that I have suffered from for years now. This medication has been a real God-send to me.
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requip | 55-64 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
3/18/2014
Condition: Extreme Discomfort in Calves when Sitting or Lying Down
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I took 1 pill and the next day had an allergic reaction from it,i had no control over my body and my husband thought I had had a stroke called ems and they said obviously was the requip because it was the most recent new medicine I had taken.
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Mary | 65-74 | On medication for 1 to less than 2 years | Patient
2/15/2014
Condition: Parkinson's Disease
Overall rating 5.0
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Need to know if toavoid any type of Need to know if to avoid any type of Grapefruit
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Anonymous | 45-54 | Female | On medication for 5 to less than 10 years | Patient
2/11/2014
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Requip caused the augmentation effect. It quickly quit working the duration is was supposed to. I started out on 2mg and w/i 4 years was up to 4mg tablets once a day. I never had Restless Legs Syndrome every single night until I started taking this medication. I went from having RLS only at night to it starting as early as 3 hours after waking up. The withdrawal from this medicine were horrific. If I had known then what I know now about Requip, I never would have started taking the drug in the first place. Research on withdrawals is very difficult to find. I have now been off Requip for 6 days and have only slept 15 minutes at a time since quitting the drug. I'm exhausted and hope to sleep again soon. Since quitting Requip tho, I have only had Restless legs at night. Wish I had gotten off of it sooner.Read More Read Less
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Anonymous | 65-74 | Male | On medication for 6 months to less than 1 year | Patient
2/6/2014
Condition: Other
Overall rating 2.7
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does it cause diaherra
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Becky | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
2/1/2014
Condition: Extreme Discomfort in Calves when Sitting or Lying Down
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I got severe indegestion and stomach cramps which has lead to pancretias
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jfxem5 | 65-74 | Male | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Patient
1/11/2014
Condition: Extreme Discomfort in Calves when Sitting or Lying Down
Overall rating 4.0
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Juice |
1/9/2014
Condition: Extreme Discomfort in Calves when Sitting or Lying Down
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pat | 55-64 | Female | On medication for 5 to less than 10 years | Patient
1/6/2014
Condition: Extreme Discomfort in Calves when Sitting or Lying Down
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I still wake up in the middle of the night with my legs tingling uncomfortably, but it doesn;t seem to last long.
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Anonymous | 55-64 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
12/2/2013
Condition: Other
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linda | 65-74 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
11/22/2013
Condition: Extreme Discomfort in Calves when Sitting or Lying Down
Overall rating 5.0
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the 1st night I used it it worked perfect and has every night since...But I take 3mgs of Melatonin with it...Melatonin is cheap and in most drug and food stores....
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sparkie | 55-64 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
11/4/2013
Condition: Extreme Discomfort in Calves when Sitting or Lying Down
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I have aching bones and stomach pain.
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henry | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
10/30/2013
Condition: Extreme Discomfort in Calves when Sitting or Lying Down
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This medication may work well for restless legs but it feels like your brain will not slow down enough to sleep when taking it. I was up till 4:00AM and I go to bed at 9:00 always. I got 1.5 hrs of sleep last night. I will never take it again.
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tedebear1950 | 55-64 | On medication for 5 to less than 10 years | Patient
10/28/2013
Condition: Other
Overall rating 5.0
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i take this for RLS and it is extremely helpful.I have run out once and spent the whole night walking the floors, not even able to sit for very long or sleep. Proof to me that is definately helping.
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