Description
Ropark is a prescription medicine for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. It is also effective in treating moderate to severe primary restless legs. The active ingredient Ropinirole treats and relives the symptoms of both RLS and Parkinson’s disease. Your doctor may prescribe it alone or with other medication to treat Parkinson’s disease. It helps to improve your ability to move and decrease the episodes of shakiness, unsteadiness, slowed movement, and stiffness.
Product Description
You should not take Ropark 0.25 mg if you are allergic to the active ingredient Ropinirole or any other ingredients in the medicine. The symptoms of an allergic reaction include hives, itching, and swelling of face, throat, tongue and mouth. If you witness any of these reactions, you should not take Ropinirole until you speak to your doctor. While receiving the anti- Parkinson’s medicine, you may fall asleep while doing daily activities like driving, using mixer grinder, or using hazardous machinery work. What can be more harmful is that you can fall asleep without being drowsy or without indication. Your chances of falling asleep are greater when you take Ropark tablet with other medicines. Fainting can happen and, in some cases, your heart rate may be decreased. This is more likely to happen during the initial doses of the medicine. The anti-Parkinson’s drug can cause a drop a blood pressure.
Side Effects
Most people who take Ropark 0.25 mg tolerate it well. Some may witness side effects while taking Ropirinole for RLS and these include sleepiness, dizziness, vomiting, and drowsiness. You should be careful while performing activities like driving, operate machinery, or other normal day activity that required alertness. While receiving Ropark medicine, it is possible that you could fall asleep when doing normal activities. Your chances of falling asleep are even greater if you are taking other medicines that cause drowsiness. During the treatment or when you will be asked to increase your dose, you may feel nauseatic, faint, or sweaty especially when standing up from a sitting or lying position. So, if you have been sitting from a lying down for a longer duration. Some patients taking Ropark tablets experience increased sexual urges while taking the tablet.
How to Use
Take Ropark 0.25 mg tablet before or after consuming food. Patients with restless legs syndrome or RLS are treated differently than patients suffering with Parkinson’s disease. A lower dose is needed for patients with Parkinson’s disease. Ropark is generally needed for patients with RLS and is used once daily before bedtime.
Be sure to take the medicine exactly as directed by your doctor. Sudden discontinuation without talking to your doctor may develop confusion, fever, or sever muscle stiffness. The usual way to take Ropinirole tablet is thrice daily for Parkinson’s disease.
Contact your doctor if you stop taking the medicine for any reason. Do not restart the treatment without discussing with your doctor. Your doctor may prescribe it alone or in combination with other drugs to treat Parkinson’s. You may take it before or after consuming food.