Hi all, I have been taking Mirapexin 0.0088mg tabs for the last 6 or 7 years. I take 3 in the evening an hour apart.

[keiralee]

I have found them fairly helpful but for the past few months they are noticeably not as effective. When I eventually sleep, I wake several times and have to walk around the house. No chance of a lay in ! Plus, my evenings are starting to be uncomfortable again. This is not every night but I suppose 4 out of 7. Is this augmentation. ?

I have been thinking about switching to Ropinorol.

Has any one any advice on this.

[Hidden]

Just to say, that is a long time to take pramipexole at such a low dose. I am on that dose myself, i take mine two hours apart. But i have only been taking them for a few months, and i am finding 3 is too much for me and just reduced down to 2 and 1/2 tabs. but that means i am not sleeping all night.

It could be that your RLS has progressed and is now worse than 6-7 years ago, or you are starting to get augmentation. Hard to work that one out. But you could up the dose after talking with your doctor to see if thats ok to do that.

[keiralee in reply to Hidden]

Thank you Elisse. Someone else has suggested this is a low dose - I did not know that but will be making an appointment with my GP.

[Pete-1]

Yes 0.0088mg is a very low dose/ I take Pramipexole primarily for Parkinsons Disease. Now I take the extended release version but when I took the normal type I was taking 3.18mg per day.

If Pramipexole is taken only to combat RLS then it is taken in smaller doses but I would suggest that there is plenty of scope for increasing the dose and still only be taking a low dose. I feel that professional medical input is required here.

[keiralee in reply to Pete-1]

~Thank you for that - I had no idea this was considered a low dose. I am afraid my GP has not been helpful in the past but I will definitely be making another appointment..