Headaches from meds

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I notice many people take  ropinirole in doseages of larger mgs 1, 2 3, etc.  I have found from the beginning of using this med (we call it Requip) that  I always end up with a headache every morning when I wake up.  Had the same result only 100 times worse with Neupro patch - stopped immediately.  I now take 1/2 of a .25 mg in the evening with Robaxin (muscle relaxant) and Norco (pain med).  Often have to get up and take another (1/2 a couple of hours later) but it does seem to help when used with the Robaxin/Norco cocktail.  Just wondering if anyone else gets these miserable headaches from ropinirole or the Neupro patch??

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  • Posted

    "Brain fog", as it's often called, is a very common, almost universal, adverse effect of ropinirole.

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    Quite a while now since I was on Ropinorole or Neupro but I seem to remember headaches at the start but I think they receded after a while. Difficult to put it down to the drugs as I am prone to bad heads when my sleep has been disturbed and that is quite often with RLS! Just gone thro' my notes and I was taking Feverfew tablets at the time and that helped reduce the heads. Also noted that heads were bad when I came off Neupro!

    Good luck!

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