Is Anyone Taking Ropinerole And Levadopa/carbidop Together? How Long Have You Been On It?
i have been using Sinemet, leva/carb 200-50, for over 15 years! it was/is my main
med for P.D. Until recently it made me 3/4 normal. But now i've build a resistance to it.
so the funs over! It wears off without warning and leaves me barely able to move or do anything!
(Frozen Zombie) it has increased from 2 to 4 to 6 a day! i take half a pill every 90 minutes. i still have ''off periods'' without warning! i biggest concer is buliding a total resistance to the Sinemet and become completely helpless!! But that's taking it for 15 years, 56 yo to 71 y o.
I thought everyone with P.D. was taking leva/dopa. It's a miracle drug. It can take you off of Mars and back to Earth! Anyway, that's the way it was for me. But i'm still learning .P.D. is a full time study!!
@A MyParkinsonsTeam Member - you mean that wonderful post-menopausal sexual awakening I experienced was just compulsive behavior due to the side effect of my PD medication? Please! Leave me my delusions...
Sorry you went through all that! It varies from individual to individual; Ive been on rOPINirole ER once a day combined with Rytary ER (carbidopa/levodopa) three times a day for two years without experiencing any of the things you did, although I didn't feel very well until we switched from regular doses of C/L to the extended release version.
I took Ropinirole before I was diagnosed with PD for restless leg syndrome. After reading about it I realized I most likely had PD and saw a Neurologist who confirmed that I had PD. He put me on carbidopa/levodopa 2 tablets four times a day. I have taken both ever since. That is about three years I don't know if they have side effects. I have problems with itchy dry skin and swollen feet and sometimes legs. Otherwise I seem to be ok. I have vivid dreams but not scary ones. Like I told someone it feels like I am at the movies all night.
I have been taking Ropinirole and Carbidopa/levodopa together and also Azilect (1 mg in the morning) for 13 years. In fact my motion specialist 2nd neuro took me off carb/levo for several months - just ropinirole & azilect until my dopamine levels got too low. Now my doses are up to one 2 mg Ropinirole tablet 4/day (I couldn't take the extended release form, because half dissolved pills kept showing up in my stools), and one & a half 25-100 Carbidopa/levodopa tablets 6x/day. The Ropinirole Is kind of weird. It helps to restore the balance of dopamine in the brain, improves your ability to move and decreases shakiness (tremors), stiffness, slowed movement, unsteadiness, & restless legs syndrome, & may decrease freezing & improve your sleep by decreasing the urge to move your legs and decreasing uncomfortable/unpleasant feelings in the legs. But it is too bad that it has such crappy side effects. I get strange vivid dreams (not usually bad ones), and I have to be careful of impulse control: saying things I might regret, buying stupid stuff I don't need (especially fake nutritional supplements or amazing "money-saving" appliances over the internet), wasting money playing Keno machines, reading & writing on the internet instead of doing housework (it's easier & more fun). But I Can control those impulses, they don't control me (I think).
Does Using Ropinerole/Rasagiline Have As Bad Side Effects As Carbodopa/Levadopa?
Does Anyone Take Something Other Than Levodopa And If So What Are Your Side Effects ?
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