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- Thu Dec 24, 2015 8:42 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Dopamine agonist withdrawal
- Replies: 106
- Views: 10568
Re: Dopamine agonist withdrawal
Richviv, I sympathize with you 100%. Ropinirole and Mirapex are in my opinion 'poison' above 1mg with Ropinirole. I contacted Dr Buchenfuhrer 3 years ago and only 2 months ago did I get approval for methadone. RLS gone after one day. Yes there are side effects because it is a painkiller and you can ...
- Thu Dec 24, 2015 8:20 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Is your DA causing augmentation?
- Replies: 158
- Views: 148458
Re: Is your DA causing augmentation?
4mg was the max for ropinirole but now it is 1mg. It is an awful drug at 4mg. It took me 3 years to get off it and only after a six month government fight. In one day it was gone. Difficult to believe eh? TRue though. Years of standing behind a chair in meetings gone. I can fly without pacing up and...
- Wed Nov 25, 2015 7:02 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Methadone
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1417
Methadone
Dr Buchenfuhrer recommended methadone to get me off ropinirole ( 4mg)which I have taken for many years and is a nightmare with augmentation. This is only day 5 but I'd like to share my experience. I started on 5mg Methadone nocte orally which I believe equates to 7.5mg due to the long half life. I w...