I work 3-11 and most of the time I work pway past the 8 hours of work. and I experience the leg jerking and the creepy crawly feelings. would the XL work better for me?
I presently am taking Requip 0.5mg three tabs at bedtime for RLS. Can you cut the XL tabs?
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- 3 Oct 2009 by swimgranny
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- requip, requip xl, restless legs syndrome
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L4-5Spine13 Oct 2009
You Definately can't cut the XL tablets. You should check with you Dr to see what he thinks the best option for you is maybe you you can be on XL or maybe split up and take one of the 0.5mg tabs @ different time talk with your Dr to decide wat is best for you. You can probably take care of this with a phone call to the nurse.
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