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SPC-ROPINIROLE is a brand name for Ropinirole, supplied as a tablet. The medicine, its uses, side effects and dosage are the same regardless of brand.
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Serious Warnings and Precautions Sudden Onset of Sleep Patients receiving treatment with ropinirole tablets and other dopaminergic agents have reported suddenly falling asleep while engaged in activities of daily living, including operating a motor vehicle, which has sometimes resulted in accidents.
Although some of the patients reported somnolence while on ropinirole tablets, others perceived that they had no warning signs, such as excessive drowsiness, and believed that they were alert immediately prior to the event. Physicians should alert patients of the reported cases of sudden onset of sleep, bearing in mind that these events are NOT limited to initiation of therapy.
Patients should also be advised that sudden onset of sleep has occurred without warning signs. If drowsiness or sudden onset of sleep should occur, patients should immediately contact their physician. , operating machines). Episodes of falling asleep while engaged in activities of daily living have also been reported in patients taking other dopaminergic agents, therefore, symptoms may not be alleviated by substituting these products.
Presently, the precise cause of this event is unknown. It is known that many Parkinson's disease patients experience alterations in sleep architecture, which results in excessive daytime sleepiness or spontaneous dozing, and that dopaminergic agents can also induce sleepiness.
There is insufficient information to determine whether this event is associated with ropinirole tablets, all dopaminergic agents or Parkinson's disease itself. The following Warnings and Precautions are listed in alphabetical order.
Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis See PART II:
TOXICOLOGY, Carcinogenicity and Mutagenicity for discussion on animal data. Cardiovascular Patients with pre-existing cardiovascular conditions Since ropinirole tablets has not been studied in patients with a history or evidence of significant cardiovascular disease including myocardial infarction, unstable angina, cardiac decompensation, cardiac arrhythmias, vaso-occlusive disease (including cerebral) or cardiomyopathy, it should be used with caution in such patients.
There is limited experience with ropinirole tablets in patients treated with antihypertensive and antiarrhythmic agents. Consequently, in such patients, the dose of SPC-ROPINIROLE should be titrated with caution. Orthostatic hypotension Dopamine agonists appear to impair the systemic regulation of blood pressure with resulting orthostatic symptoms of dizziness or lightheadedness, with or without documented hypotension.
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These PrSPC-ROPINIROLE (Ropinirole Tablets, Mfr. ) Product Monograph Page 5 of 51 symptoms appear to occur especially during dose initiation and escalation. Therefore, patients treated with SPC-ROPINIROLE and other dopamine agonists should be carefully monitored for signs and symptoms of orthostatic hypotension, especially during dose initiation and escalation (see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION) and should be informed of this risk (see PART III: CONSUMER INFORMATION).
Connective tissue Fibrotic Complications Cases of retroperitoneal fibrosis, pulmonary infiltrates, pleural effusion, pleural thickening, pericarditis, and cardiac valvulopathy have been reported in some patients treated with ergot-derived dopaminergic agents.
While these complications may resolve when the drug is discontinued, complete resolution does not always occur. Although these adverse events are believed to be related to the ergoline structure of these compounds, whether other, nonergot-derived dopamine agonists can cause them is unknown.
A small number of reports have been received of possible fibrotic complications, including pleural effusion, pleural fibrosis, interstitial lung diseases, and cardiac valvulopathy, in the development program and postmarketing experience for ropinirole tablets.
While the evidence is not sufficient to establish a causal relationship between ropinirole tablets and these fibrotic complications, a contribution of ropinirole tablets cannot be completely ruled out in rare cases. Neurologic Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome A symptom complex resembling the neuroleptic malignant syndrome (characterized by elevated temperature, muscular rigidity, altered consciousness, and autonomic instability), with no other obvious aetiology, has been reported in association with rapid dose reduction, withdrawal of, or changes in antiparkinsonian therapy.
A single spontaneous report of a symptom complex resembling the neuroleptic malignant syndrome has been observed in a 66 year old diabetic male patient with Parkinson's disease, who developed fever, muscle stiffness, and drowsiness 8 days after beginning ropinirole tablets treatment.
The patient also experienced acute bronchitis, which did not respond to antibiotic treatment. Ropinirole tablet was discontinued three days before the patient died. The reporting physician considered these events to be possibly related to ropinirole tablets treatment.
(see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION). A single spontaneous report of severe muscle pain has been reported in a 66 year old male patient around his thigh. The reporting physician considered the event to be probably related to ropinirole tablets treatment.
Dyskinesia with Adjunctive Levodopa SPC-ROPINIROLE may potentiate the dopaminergic side effects of levodopa and may cause or exacerbate pre-existing dyskinesia. Decreasing the dose of levodopa may ameliorate this side effect. Ophthalmologic PrSPC-ROPINIROLE (Ropinirole Tablets, Mfr.
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