Requip for Restless Legs Syndrome User Reviews (Page 4)

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Gin...
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
October 13, 2012

"I have been taking generic Requip (ropinirole) for about 9 months now for restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder. My doctor has gradually increased my dose from 0.75 mg a day to 2 mg. It has really helped my PLMD; it doesn't happen anymore. It also helps my RLS. However, my RLS had almost disappeared before I started taking Requip (when I gave up caffeine). The RLS came back when I started taking Requip for the PLMD. Overall, however, I think it has been worth it. I am on a still relatively small dose."

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Anonymous
May 9, 2010

"I took Requip for Restless Legs Syndrome about 2 years ago. To this day, I don't know what precipitated the condition, but I was completely satisfied with Requip. It is noteworthy, however, I only had to take it a dozen times in 2 years. If it were a chronic condition, I don't know if it would have been effective. Best of luck."

8 / 10

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Ren...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
March 15, 2023

"I hate the stuff. I wish there was something better out there for people to take. When you stop taking Requip, the RLS is so severe you can’t sit, even sitting in a tub of hot water doesn’t work. It’s just awful and lasts for days."

1 / 10

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Taken for 10 years or more
August 28, 2023

"I've been on Requip for RLS for years (20+) and tried several prior to Requip. My complaint is being tired when I wake up, so I take 1.5 which is half of what I was prescribed. It works well. Iron supplements help reduce symptoms and I'm now taking 1.5 mg 3 times a week to not experience withdrawal. I attempted to stop and after a couple of weeks or so, began to feel awful - flu symptoms. I need to be able to function, so until I retire that's what I'll do. Every once in a while, I still have symptoms, and sometimes in my arms, but arms occur rarely."

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Mic...
January 16, 2010

"When the medicine did finally get in my system, it helped with some of the restless leg syndrome, but I had so many other side effects I had to stop taking it. One major side effect was that I would get these headaches, and it felt like there was pressure on my head. I would feel really weird, like I was about to explode, the feeling was so weird that I had to stop taking it, and that major symptom disappeared. That was my experience with the trial kit. I'm on gabapentin now and no adverse side effects, besides gaining a ton of weight. I don't like that either, but I can deal with that better than the weird feeling with the Requip."

3 / 10

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ffr...
Taken for 2 to 5 years
July 18, 2021

"I have been taking 2.5 mg Requip for about 4 years for RLS. Over the years, I have found that I need to take the medication at least 4 hours prior to bedtime in order to receive relief for sleeping. I have an alarm set on my phone to remind me daily. If I don't take the medication, I am out of bed several times a night, stretching my calves at bedside."

7 / 10

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Tex...
January 5, 2017

"I wanted to give an update as I hadn't started taking Requip on my first post. I had taken 2 doses and had one episode of RLS the second day. On the 3rd day, I was sitting in the waiting room at the colonoscopy clinic while my husband was in the back. I kept dozing off and would wake up, looking for my bottle of water, and it was in my purse, sitting in my lap. This happened over 4-5 times. Anyhow, I took another dose that night, which was a Monday. The next day, on the drive home, I was dozing, then woke up, raised up my seat, put my window down a little, reached out, and pushed the mirror up! I didn't say anything, put my window back up, and went back to sleep. That was my last dose and I threw the rest of it away."

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Chr...
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
October 29, 2023

"I was taking a total of 2 mg per day for about nine months to counteract the RLS side effects from Effexor. Worked well. Got off the Effexor and tapered 0.25 mg per couple of days, wasn't too bad. Any withdrawals (rebound RLS) lasted about two days. Now I'm down to 0.25 mg morning/evening and doing fine."

10 / 10

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Lis...
January 20, 2014

"I have severe restless legs syndrome and the only thing I have found that controls it is Requip. Couldn't survive without it."

10 / 10

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Bta...
February 12, 2014

"I wasn't able to sleep hardly at all before taking this medicine, now I can sleep with no problems with my legs. I'm so thankful."

9 / 10

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che...
Taken for 10 years or more
December 21, 2014

"I don't know what I would do without the drug Requip. I reckon I never would sleep at all. I give it a 10."

10 / 10

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she...
March 10, 2015

"Requip stopped the restless legs, but caused severe insomnia for me, which defeated the purpose for taking it."

1 / 10

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fur...
Taken for 2 to 5 years
October 23, 2013

"Best medicine for RLS EVER!"

10 / 10

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Sue...
February 11, 2018

"It's magic for me. Most of the time, within an hour of taking it, I'm ready to sleep with no problems at all."

9 / 10

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Mic...
February 13, 2018

"Horrible nightmares!!!"

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Elf...
Taken for 5 to 10 years
June 2, 2017

"Works better than Mirapex."

7 / 10

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Anonymous
June 25, 2009

"This drug finally gave me peaceful rest."

10 / 10

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The...
Taken for 1 to 2 years
March 27, 2020

"I started taking Requip when it first came out, and within a year had serious lung issues leading to a pulmonary embolism."

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bos...
Taken for 5 to 10 years
November 23, 2014

"I started using 1 mg and now I'm up to 3 mg for restless legs syndrome about 7 years now."

8 / 10

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Vam...
May 24, 2016

"Honestly, I think this has made my symptoms worse."

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Rls...
July 2, 2015

"The very first night I started Requip, I vomited violently all night."

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Bel...
Taken for less than 1 month
July 31, 2020

"Took this Requip for about a week, and then it stopped working. I now take Kratom, and the RLS is gone."

1 / 10

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Ed ...
January 13, 2013

"I had shaky legs so bad and could not sleep. My primary care doctor prescribed Requip, but I had awful side effects on Requip."

4 / 10

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Jam...
October 26, 2014

"Made me very sick at my stomach."

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Bcc...
April 17, 2017

"I used for years, no longer helping. I'm 55 now and never had it so bad. See Dr. next week... RLS is worse than back pain. I have 2 rods in my back."

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