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Requip For Rls 4 Mg Have been on requip for about 8 weeks. Started off with 2 mg and am up to 4 mg per day. The requip stops the RLS for me but makes me so sick to my stomach. Even in the mornings I wake up and feel the need to vomit. Is it going to get better? Monday, 7/6/2009 8:33:04 PM  12 Replies

Requip Drug From Hell I have rls symptoms + balance problems heavy feet. I WALK LIKE A DRUNK WHEN SOBER! Started out as stubbing my toe as I walked did not think much on it. I grew worse, felt like my socks were to tight and tingling in my feet. I would turn to walk and my feet did not follow. I learned to think about what I was attempting to do. No more of just stepping over a curb or walking up and down stairs without thinking first. Things that were natural before became difficult. Of course I went to my gp he said we will figure this out I just need to get you to the right specialist. After many mri's and visits to specialist that check my blood flow in feet and legs, cardiologists and nuerologists I was told there are some things we just do not know. Well after all of this I described my symptoms again to my gp he said that sounds like restless leg syndrome. He suggested a starter set of requip! I was at last getting some relief from my discomfort in my legs. I was soon on 1 mg a day. I was thinking I was making progress but still had the rls symptoms, heavy legs and tingling in my feet (discomfort to put it mildly) I went to second nuerologist to get a second opinion and he said that the nuerologist that I saw before was a very reputable and respected and he pretty much agreed with her, THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE DO NOT KNOW! That is certainly not what I wanted to here but I know there are people alot worse off than me and you just have to play the hand that life deals you. He went on to say I had two options. 1. Get test that I would have to pay(because your insurance will not) and if after all these test if they found out what caused my problem they would name it after me! I did not think this was funny either! 2 Go to another specialist and he or she is a nuerologist specialist that deals with movement disorders. More doctors! I said what about requip? He said RESTLESS LEG DISORDER WHAT IS THAT? WE DO NOT KNOW THAT IS EITHER~~BUT IF IT HELPS HERE IS A PRESCRIPTION FOR 3 MONTHS FOR 90 PILLS A MONTH 1MG. I did contact the specialists office he referred me to and was told that I needed to fill out a questionere and then they decide if they want to see you? Well at that time I had a life a Job and mother that was in the early stages of ahlzhimers. I started taking the requip and went on as best I could with my life. Little did I know where I was headed! REQUIP HELL ON EARHT! This is early 2007 by October I got my gp to up my dosage to 120 1mg a month. I lost my mind! Gambling which I rarely did was controling and ruining my life. Started out with scratchers and lottery tickets. I started going to the casino which I rarely did and if I did it was 25 cent slots. I would go blow 40-50 bucks and that was it. Enough fun you never win at these things anyway and left feeling foolish for even going. Quickly I was playing dollar poker machine and easily going through 3-4-5-6- hundred a trip. In 2007 I had one 1099 from a trip to Laughlin on my birthday and we played golf most of the three day trip. I won 1200.00 ON MY BIRTHDAY APRIL 1ST! (i know I have heard all the April Fool Jokes) 2008 I still have not added up all my winnings and losses! I have a dresser full of 1099's and reciepts from cashing checks at casinos and have gone through at least 350k! WOW! I got 70k from IRA in January and that was quickly gone! Took out a 1st mortgage of 75k in March that did not last till the middle of April!! WOW! I gambled on line that started in October 2008 In early 2009 I spent over 10k on line at one casino. I was a mad man out of control. I saw an ad about Requip being linked to compusive gambling and started investigating the DRUG! After coming out of the fog I weaned myself off the drug just before Memorial Day. I have not had the urge to gamble and I have not spent a penny on gambling since I stopped using! More importantly I realized that I was not the evil person I had become. It was the DRUG! I went to my gp and told him of my gambling problem and he asked me if I had compusive behavior before and I said no but I am not taking Requip any more! He said I should go see my nuerologist about a drug to replace the Requip and he was not that familiar with the side effects? I went to see the Nuerologist today told him the same story and he put me on GABABENTIN 300MG one pill 90 minutes before bedtime, I may increase by 300mg every week if needed a max of 1200 mg a night 5 refills. He said we just try this and then come back in and evaluate. I should add that one of the questions on the doctors form is this visit part on any liltigation. I answered I am looking into sueing REQUIP! After some time he came to the lobby to get me and said you have not been her for awhile and did not come for your follow-up. This is true I said. A short time into my visit his associate opened the door and said The attorney said no way My doctor looked at me and said REAL ESTATE?? I am sorry for rambling on but this is the first time I have written down my experience! For me REQUIP WAS HELL ON EARTH!!!!! I will never fully recover from my experience! But I have my mind back! My legs still ach and I have balance problems just as before. What is described as RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME has become an all encompassing term for people with far greater issues than RLS! Well I feel better after writing this! I hope that in some way whoever reads this gets some insight to the perils involved with REQUIP! I would lke to hear from anyone who has suggestions or comments! GOD BLESS Saturday, 6/6/2009 12:01:13 AM  Post a Reply

Requip Used For Rls A Neurologist perscribed Requip for me 10-7-05 along with Carbidopa I am already taking for RLS (Restless Legs Syndrome) Has anyone else gone through this? Tuesday, 2/5/2008 7:57:13 AM  7 Replies

Requip Dangers! My father recently passed away pretty unexpectedly. Nothing was wrong with the man, except that he had beginning stage Parkinsons. He was on Requip for it since last May. It controlled his shakes, but he developed Interstitial Lung Disease from the drug. The disease is listed as a side effect, but I had to DIG for that info. No doctor told him anything about all the other things that could go wrong. WE BLAME REQUIP. And I miss my father. Thursday, 4/19/2007 8:35:22 AM  Post a Reply

Requip For Rls 3 Mg Hello again Requip Forum: I have asked questions before on this forum (Requip changed from 2 mg to 4 mg - and I was very sick). Well, the doc changed me to 3 mg. Not sick anymore, guess the 4 mg was just to strong for me. Anyways, it's great the 3 mg does not make me sick but good grief, I am wide awake at 2:00 a.m. because the drug has worn off. Does Requip make a controlled release by chance? I am so very frustrated - it seems I am constantly switching strengths and each strenth is short lived. Now is this something that I am just going to have to deal with. Thursday, 7/13/2006 10:30:25 AM  Post a Reply

Is Requip Any Thing Likebflexiarl please let me know if these two drugs are in the same family? Monday, 6/26/2006 9:01:43 PM  4 Replies

Is Requip Any Thing Likebflexiarl whats the difference between requip and flexaril,it has the same effects on me Thursday, 6/8/2006 5:50:23 PM  Post a Reply

Reqip Dosage would like to know why you have to keep increasing the doesage on requip started out with one low dose been three months and up to 4 pills a day now . does this mean this pill will quit working for me . was wonderfull at firs but then seemed to have leg pain all during day too Tuesday, 6/6/2006 7:08:22 AM  5 Replies

Side Effects Can dry mouth be aside effect when you come off requip?. My Mother just came off the drug and she is constatly swallowing and complaing fo dry mouth. Before this whe droolled all the time. Friday, 1/13/2006 6:22:02 AM  1 Reply

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