Experiences with

Mirapexin

My gp has heard from the hospital about changing my meds from Mirapexin to oxycodone. I am taking Tramadol at the moment to cope with withdrawal from Mirapexin. Gp says I have to wean off Tramadol before I take Oxycodone. Help! How will I manage that. I am taking 3 or 4 100g Tramadol.

Have had PD symptoms since January 2022 began Mirapexin in July.After a year symptoms got worse,changed physician who gave bigger dosage of mirapexin and added Madopar1/2x3.

I need to come off Mirapexin for the second time and ha ve been managing the withdrawals myself with the help of TramadolI had set such store to this appointment but came away so disappointed.

Should I re introduce the 1/4 tab until I can get something to take the place of Mirapexin. Or is this a backward step.

I have been suffering RLS for years and using mirapexin for treatment but I don't like it. I want to change but can't find a specialist in Ireland to help. Has anyone on this forum from Ireland had any good contacts. Tia

I had colonoscopy and gastroscopy a few years ago when I Augmented on Mirapexin and was also anaemic. I have a hiatus hernia and Diverticulitis. No symptoms. Please advise. I take ferrous bisglycinate on alternate days with effervescent vitamin C on empty stomach.

I finally took my last ever 1/4 tablet of Mirapexin on Saturday after having gone from 6 per day. I am taking Buprenorphine which I guess has helped but it has taken me a really long time to move from 6 to none. I was taking them for over 20 years.

hello my mum posts on here a lot about her rls. she is currently withdrawing from mirapexin and is going through hell she has today been prescribed butran patches and has just started the today she is in a dreadful state hasnt slept for 2 weeks and today has started to loose her memory over things,

For years I took mirapexin till I augmented. I tried Pregabalin but I felt dizzy all the time and I put on a lot of weight quickly. I started tramadol and then alternated between that and mirapexin ( yes I went back on it). I coped like this for a long time. Often with the help of Kratom.

First the dreaded mirapexin and then tramadol nothing is working at the moment. I was on 0.09 mg mirapexin. Now I'm on 50mg tram. Even if I take 100mgs it's not working so I'm obviously augmenting. Even Kratom isn't helping.

I started staking Mirapexin 5 years ago. It brought great relief but I started to gain weight as in not being able to control what I eat and also impulse buying. My consultant said to come off mirapexin and try gabapentin. So I’m now in 1200 mg of gabapentin and it doesn’t seem to help at all.

And what is the equivalent dose of Mirapexin extended release to a patch of Neupro 2mg ? Thanks!

I did well on mirapexin 0.09mgs for years. Then it made my RLS worse and it moved to my arms . I came off it with the help of tramadol 50mgs. I started alternating mirapexin and tram ,it wasn't perfect but better than nothing, Then I augmented on tram. I was devastated.

I got myself off Mirapexin…nightmare but succeeded. I was recommended Gabapentin but even 100mg absolutely killed my stomach ( I have reflux). Took 4 days of stomach tablets to recover. After a year and 2 months I still have Rls every night.

I stopped Mirapexin extended release 0.26mg 12 days ago, and my withdrawal symptoms are a nightmare and getting worse and worse. How long should it last? When can I hope to be better ?

There, they gave me back my full dose of Mirapexin, calmed me down with benzos for a few days, then they stopped completely the Mirapexin from one day to the next.

I started taking pregabalin four years ago to help me come off Mirapexin, which had augmented. I am now taking 575 mg (so 125 mg above the 450 mg maximum prescribed). I take this at about 7 pm.

I'm still on a very low dose of mirapexin 0.09mgs which I take at 9pm. Every ten days I come off the Mirapexin and take 3 days of tramadol. This routine seems to be holding up well. However I'm scared to take the cortisone injection incase my legs start up badly again. I'd love some advice.

Today, I take 400 mg of pregabalin and 1.5 Mirapexin tablets. These two doses worked well with almost no RLS symptoms for many weeks. However, my symptoms became severe when I reduced Mirapexin to one tablet. I even tried 1.25 pills without any luck.

Anyway, I want to stick to my plan and I started to taper off Mirapexin a few days ago. I replaced my Mirapexin 0.26mg evening dose with a Pramipexol 0.18mg dose. Directly, RLS symptoms worsened. To be able to sleep, I now have to take Tradonal 0.5mg every night, else I could walk all night.