RLS, Restless Legs Syndrome. Here's a new drug you might want to try.

[angela515]

Dunno angie, theres not an equivilent here in the US yet cuz Requip is so new.

[angieskidney]

Dunno angie, theres not an equivilent here in the US yet cuz Requip is so new.

Well just asking because they keep putting me on these pills that are made for people with Parkinsons Disease which I don't have. How is that supposed to help RLS?

[doglvr02]

I have developed RLS (Restless Legs Syndrome). I would love to hear from others who are dealing with thiis and dialysis. What you do for it, what meds you might be taking, etc. They tell me that it will go away when I get my second transplant. 







EDITED: Merged Topics Restless Leg Syndrome - Sluff, Moderator

[angela515]

I was also on Parkinson Disease medicine for RLS before Requip, that was how they treated RLS until Requip came along. With Parkinsons Disease, you cant control your movemnt, ou are constinatly moving, so they belve it can help with RLS to stop the movement. To be honest I was on clonazepam (for parkinsons) before Requip came out and it did help me. Good luck nun. Keep trying diff meds until you ind one that works. Idunno if ur on any blood pressure meds but clonidine is a blood pressure med but it can also help with RLS too.. just a fyi.

[angela515]

Heres a good topic to read:   Error  - Link not meant for this post.

Requip is a great medicine especially made for RLS... also some Parkinsons Disease meds help. Ask your dr


Link Error was made - Rerun / Moderator

[angieskidney]

Heres a good topic to read: http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=2561.0

Requip os a great medicine especially made for RLS... also some Parkinsons Disease meds help. Ask your dr

It says "The topic or board you are looking for appears to be either missing or off limits to you. "

That is very annoying! Most boards, when a thread is moved, updates itself! I thought Epoman hated broken links and here there are ones in his own forum

Can someone put the right link? I am very interested in reading it.

[angela515]

Maybe I did it wrong. Sorry if I did. 

[Rerun]

I'll look into it........

Rerun / Moderator

This was a mistake.  Angela meant to post that in a introduction spot and when she came here to copy the link she didn't make it back to introduction.  I won't delete it because then none of this would make sense.  I'll just modify the link.

[Sluff]

Heres a good topic to read:   Error  - Link not meant for this post.

Requip is a great medicine especially made for RLS... also some Parkinsons Disease meds help. Ask your dr


Link Error was made - Rerun / Moderator

Angela it says on the package of requip that it is also perscribed for treatment of Parkinsons disease also. I am on 4mg per day of requip for RLS.

[angela515]

I understand that sluff, but its also the ONLY medicine made especially for RLS. No other drug is made for RLS. I'm on 5mg

[Sluff]

I thought 4 mg was a lot maybe I need a higher dose then because it doesn't work sometimes.

[KICKSTART]

Interesting to see what you all take. Guess we all get different tablets in different countries? I take and have done for about 2 yrs now something called Co-beneldopa again its a tablet for Parkinsons suffers , but it works very well for me .(UK)

[angela515]

I thought 4 mg was a lot maybe I need a higher dose then because it doesn't work sometimes.

Sluff, i'm so sorry.... I told you wrong! I looked at my bottle later and realized my Requip is only .25 mg... So very small compared to yours, but now that I know it can go that high, next Wednesday I will be telling the doctor I would like mine increased b/c sometimes I have to take 2 or 3 tabs for it to help now instead of one. This is so weird b/c after my last transplant my RLS went away.... maybe I just need to give it some time.

[goofynina]

I thought 4 mg was a lot maybe I need a higher dose then because it doesn't work sometimes.

Sluff, i'm so sorry.... I told you wrong! I looked at my bottle later and realized my Requip is only .25 mg... So very small compared to yours, but now that I know it can go that high, next Wednesday I will be telling the doctor I would like mine increased b/c sometimes I have to take 2 or 3 tabs for it to help now instead of one. This is so weird b/c after my last transplant my RLS went away.... maybe I just need to give it some time.

I'd rather give it a little more time before adding to all the meds you are currently taking. 

[Sluff]

I thought 4 mg was a lot maybe I need a higher dose then because it doesn't work sometimes.

Sluff, i'm so sorry.... I told you wrong! I looked at my bottle later and realized my Requip is only .25 mg... So very small compared to yours, but now that I know it can go that high, next Wednesday I will be telling the doctor I would like mine increased b/c sometimes I have to take 2 or 3 tabs for it to help now instead of one. This is so weird b/c after my last transplant my RLS went away.... maybe I just need to give it some time.

I'd rather give it a little more time before adding to all the meds you are currently taking. 

yeah I would get permission from my Neph before I would medicate myself, although I do take Naproxin more than I should.

[angela515]

Oh yah, I know. I intend on asking the dr to raise it on Wednesday. Or for something different. 

[Ken Shelmerdine]

Going to ask my GP about Requip. If it's not yet available in Canada it's almost certainly not going be available in the UK.

Have had 3 good nights sleep so maybe the clonazapam has kicked in.

[Ken Shelmerdine]

Had to stop taking clonazapam. It seemed to be working OK but was making me sleepy in mid afternoon. I had to finish work early on two afternoons last week because I felt so drowsy and couldn't concentrate, then I had to drive home with cold air venting through  my car because I was rather afraid of falling asleep at the wheel. I Started getting RLS again after about 3 days off the tablets Saturday night being the mother of them all cause I didn't get to sleep untill six o'clock Sunday Morning. Last night (Sunday) was much better; I took a sleeping pill (Zopiclone). I not only slept well but up to now have had no side effects or drowsiness. Has anyone else used sleeping pills to successfully get a good night's restless leg free sleep. I like the idea that sleeping tablets seem to act for the period you want them to, ie, during the night without affecting you the next day.

[angela515]

I used to, then after so long, my body got used to the sleeping pills.. and they no longer worked without having the dosage rasied.

[ILOVEFLUID]

Anyone found a cure or any help for restless leg syndrome.  I have tried Mirapex, Quinine, Ativan...all work in the beginning and then stop working. I am going crazy with this.

[Bajanne]

 This topic was already discussed.  http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=2568.0
Don't know if it will help you - but you can check it out.

[ILOVEFLUID]

Is requip the same drug as Mirapex?

[angela515]

I don't think so, ILOVEFLUID. I don't know for 100% though, but Requip was advertised when it came out as the only drug of it's kind approved by the goverment specifically made for relief of RLS.

[KICKSTART]

Have none of you tried Co-beneldopa or do you not have it over there ? I have been taking this for 2 yrs and it is excellent also it is NOT a sleeping tablet , so you dont get any hungover feeling in the morning!

[angela515]

Have none of you tried Co-beneldopa or do you not have it over there ? I have been taking this for 2 yrs and it is excellent also it is NOT a sleeping tablet , so you dont get any hungover feeling in the morning!

Requip is also NOT a sleeping tablet, and therefore you don't get a hungover feeling.