Hi Ron-- One of the side effects listed for Requip is "somnolence"--and as
Peter had this trouble long before Requip it was hard to tell if that made
him sleepier :-( However, we did think so initially,but he now says it is
not so bad. I really don't think the Requip was the main culprit for him.
He titrated very slowly up to 1 mg ( 4x.25) 3X a day, but as his neuro says
the max. does is 6mg a day, we are going to try adding more now. There is a
1 mg tablet, so one doesn't have to swallow so many of the tiny ones.
Try to stick it out, as some have said it improved after a while.
>I am in my fourth or fifth week of Ropinirole. I have leveled off at
>9x.25mg /day. I am thus far marginal about the whole experience. One
>problem I am having is intense sleepiness after my noon dose (and sometimes
>my morning dose). This was not a problem before I started Ropinirole. Is
>this something unrelated or are other people having similar problems? My
>only other PD med is Eldepryl.
>
> Ron Reiner 59/2
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