As I am up again another night due to my RLS that Mirapex has stop affecting and Requip just makes me hurl, I was wondering if you started the Neupro patch and how it's going. I've been reading about it and am interested in trying it.
Thanks for any input.
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You obviously don't have severe RLS. I take hydrocodone every night. I have tried everything else. Hydrocodone is the only thing that works for me. I have maintained the same dosage for almost 20 years.
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Don't think you have experienced severe RLS you refer to it an a gnat no sir it's Godzilla to me in my life and hydrocodone saved my life now I take 10 mg hydrocodone and 1 mg ropinerole and my life is back to normal
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Thank you thank you thank you! This information was very helpful. The meds for RLS - requip, neupro etc, make me vomit SO badly. I feel hopeless. I'm a nurse and certainly don't want to get addicted to anything, but I can't live in this amount of pain. Cutting sugar, trying 30 day diet, but my legs are staying like an 8-9... other than being on fire or stabbed would it make it a 10. I go to a pain clinic but ugh Drs aren't listening and they seem to
think everyone is a drug seeker to get highs JUST want relief so I can live life!! Thank you for your post.
think everyone is a drug seeker to get highs JUST want relief so I can live life!! Thank you for your post.
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Your post is really really helping me know what direction to go!! Thank you!!! If I can just get a dr or pain clinic to really listen. I just cry and pray, and missing out of life, work or just walk like I'm 95. Thank you for posting!
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That's when you get another dr and go to the hospital. I'm a nurse, never go through withdrawals alone AND this is a chronic (unfortunately) problem. So someone who cuts you off cold turkey is because they're a butt, or your tolerance has grown and you may need something else. So glad it's working for youn! God bless you as it IS awful.
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I've been taking two 1.5 mg of Mirapex a couple of hours prior to bedtime for over 15 years and supplementing it with half of a 7.5 mg tablet of hydrocodone for the same period of time. It takes approx 2.5 hours for the Mirapex to kick in. It only takes about 30 to 45 minutes for the hydroconde to kick in. Therefore, the hydrocodone allows me to get to sleep while the Mirapex is kicking in. Then, (and, of course, I'm sleeping when this change-over takes place) after the hydrocodone slowly stops working, the Mirapex slowly takes over and gives me another 12 hours of relaxation. Otherwise, without the hydrocodone, I have to go through hell, for 2 to 3 hours or until the Mirapex kicks in. Now, I cant get hydrocodone, so I've been going through hell, since 1) if I take Mirapex 3 hours prior to bedtime (or a nap) I'm very tired for that 3 hours I'm waiting for the Mirapex to kick in or 2) I for get to take the Mirapex 32 hours prior to bedtime, so I have to go though HELL for 3 hours waiting for the Mirapex to kick in. I've tried taking Cardadopa/levadoa (? spelling) .and it makes me very tired and leaves me with veery tired in the morning and hasn't done anything, as far as reducing or eliminating my RLS.
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I take requip for my RLS which was recently diagnosed by my psychiatrist. I also take Vicodin , but that is prescribed for a whole different reason. Always be careful on how much you take of this medication (Vicodin) , many abuse this type of drug , making it extremely hard for the patient to get the relief they need. These days, it is really hard to get a physician to even prescribe it at all. So, please never overdo it ------remember the people that really do need it.
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I need to know what works for restless leg. I did one 15mg opana yesterday, and tonight I can not sleep. Any suggestions?
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What none of you seen to realize is that taking ropinarole causes worsening of RLS symptoms called augmentation. AWFUL. The other treatment recommended is gabapentin and similar drugs in the same class, however they cause osteoporosis-severe bone loss in post menopausal women. (RLS.org) Ask me how I know this. After 10 years on this drug, it was a lifesaver and I felt like I got my life back, but now I have a T score of -3 in my right hip. Caveat emptor.
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Read about Requip augmentation. It hit me after about 7 years. Now I take 7.5mg vicodin
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