Requip for Restless Legs Syndrome User Reviews (Page 4)

Requip has an average rating of 6.5 out of 10 from a total of 98 reviews for the treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome. 54% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 27% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Requip

Anonymous
April 3, 2012

"I've been on Requip for 5 years. Unfortunately I started having breakthroughs daily. I was then placed on Neurontin along with the Requip. This was successful after upping the Neurontin dosage to a level of 1,200mg daily at bedtime along with 6 mg of the Requip."

7 / 10

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lbfer...
Taken for 10 years or more
May 2, 2012

"I started with the Requip Starter Kit about 14 years ago. I remember this medicine being a life-saver. Without Requip/ropinirole, I would have no life - I can't imagine this medication not working for me any longer. That is something I dread but I have been very, very lucky this medicine saved my quality of life with no side effects!"

9 / 10

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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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Renee
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."

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abkst...
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."

8 / 10

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Miche...
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 trail 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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ffrn
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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Chris
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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LisaDT
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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Btaylor
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. So thankful"

9 / 10

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chevy
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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sheph...
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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Vamah
May 24, 2016

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

1 / 10

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

"Best medicine for RLS EVER!!"

10 / 10

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Nana
Taken for 1 to 6 months
April 20, 2019

"Weight gain"

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Michtoo
February 13, 2018

"Horrible nightmares!!!"

1 / 10

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Thed
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."

1 / 10

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Sue4JC
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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Bella...
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 1938
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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boston...
Taken for 5 to 10 years
November 23, 2014

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

8 / 10

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Bano
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
April 11, 2020

"Horrible nightmares"

9 / 10

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Elf
Taken for 5 to 10 years
June 2, 2017

"Works better than mirapex"

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Rls...
July 2, 2015

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

1 / 10

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Anonymous
June 25, 2009

"This drug finally gave me peaceful rest."

10 / 10

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