Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Very intersting information. What is the dose on the Calcium/Magnesum/zinc? Is that what is in the All Calm. I tried to find out on the website for the All Calm what was in the medication, but it did not say. I was afraid to try it without knowing before hand. My doctor said you had to take the Requ...

Hi Pam, I sure know how you feel. I have been on 4 a day o Mirapex .25 for a couple of years and also Ambien to help with sleeping. My doctor switched me to Requip in late Oct. I was up to 8 pills of the .625 per day. It just did not do the trick and I am just now back on the MIrapex. Have never had...

I take the Ambien and have been on it for about 2 years. I can fall asleep within an hour usually, that is if the legs are not giving me fits. I do not stay asleep as I had hoped that I would when I started it. I do fall back to sleep more easily than before. I recently started the new Ambien and ca...

I was taking the Mirapex. .25 4 per day and did not seem to have any side-effects, however my sleep doctor wanted me to try the new Requip and I did. It did not do nearly as well as the Mirapex was doing and my primary care physician thinks it may have lowered my heart rate. I have gone off the Requ...

What are side effects that anyone out there is experiencing with Requip? I was on it a few months and the heart rate was lower than before the medication, plus I did not really find the relief I had hoped for. I was up to 8 of the.25 mg per day and this week went gradually off it and back to MIrapex...

I too will wake up a couple of days a week with the legs aching and muscles very tight. I am on Requip, but have recently gone off it and back to Mirapex