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Old 11-09-2013, 06:48 PM
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Default Ropinirole's side effects.

Ropinirole has a long list of potential side effects, easy to find in the web and already posted in a couple threads here. (The only thing that seems missing is "you may sprout a second head from your right hip")

I wonder which/how many are commonly encountered by people with PD, and if there are any know practices/techniques/products to ameliorate them.

I am currently taking a training-wheel level daily dose of 3 x 1.0 mg ropinirole, and the annoyance du jour is what I can best describe as a "Stuffy Head".
Congestion that begins around my nose (sinuses?) then around my eyes, then the forehead until my whole head feels fill with some sticky fluid.
Sometimes comes and goes, some times it stays for most of the day.
Seems to clear up a bit if I am outside and moving.
I found a couple of references to something like this from people treated for restless legs, but not for PD ...

Rob.
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