Manufacturer: Generic, India
Pharmaceutical name: Pack: 1 tab (1 mg)
Generic Name: Ropinirole - Oral
Requip is used alone or with other medications to treat Parkinson's disease. It can improve your ability to move and decrease shakiness (tremor), stiffness, slowed movement, and unsteadiness. It may also decrease the number of episodes of not being able to move ("on-off syndrome"). Requip (Ropinirole) is also used to treat restless legs syndrome (RLS). It may improve your sleep by decreasing the urge to move your legs and decreasing uncomfortable/unpleasant feelings in the legs. This medication works by helping to restore the balance of a certain natural substance (dopamine) in the brain.
Requip is used to cover the lack of dopamine and alleviate symptoms such as stiffness, poor muscle control, tremors, muscle spasms in the patients with Parkinson's disease. This medication is also used to treat restless legs syndrome (RLS).
Precautions
Requip causes unusual sleepiness while you are working eating, talking or driving. Avoid performing of potentially hazardous activities which require high concentration of attention until you know they way Requip affects you. Inform your doctor if you have daytime sleepiness or drowsiness. Sleepiness may increase if Requip is taken together with cold or allergy medicine, muscle relaxers, narcotic pain medicine, sleeping pills, a medicine for seizures, anxiety or depression can add to sleepiness caused by Requip. This medication may cause auditory or visual hallucinations. You may need regular skin exams if you are treated for Parkinson's disease due to increased risk of skin cancer (melanoma). Check with your doctor about the following conditions you may have as dose adjustment of Requip may be needed: high or low blood pressure, heart disease, mental illness or compulsive behaviors, liver or kidney problems, smoking. Contraindication Requip cannot be used in the patients with hypersensitivity to the medication.
Possible side effects
Inform your doctor if adverse reactions named below worsen or become bothersome: drowsiness, nausea, dizziness, headache, trouble sleeping, unusual weakness, stomach upset and pain, constipation, or dry mouth may occur. If you have dry mouth it is recommended to suck on sugarless hard candy, ice chips, or drink water. Seek immediate medical help if you have difficulty breathing or moving, hallucinations. More rare but serious side effects worth to report about to your doctor are confusion, leg or foot swelling, fainting, restlessness, unusually fast or slow heartbeat, twitching, chest pain, muscle pain, severe muscle stiffness, vision problems, fever, sudden irresistible urge to sleep.
