What is Pramipexole: Uses, Warnings & Interactions

How to take Pramipexole

• Take your medicine as directed. Your dose may need to be changed several times to find what works best for you.

• Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light.

• Missed dose: Regular tablet: Skip the missed dose, and take your next dose as usual. Do not take extra medicine to make up for a missed dose. Extended-release tablet: If it is less than 12 hours since your missed dose, take the missed dose as soon as you remember and take your next dose at the normal time. If it is more than 12 hours since your missed dose, skip the missed dose and take your next dose at the normal time.

• Read and follow the patient instructions that come with this medicine. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions.

• Swallow the extended-release tablet whole. Do not crush, break, or chew it.

• Oral routeYou may take this medicine with or without food. Taking this medicine with food may help reduce nausea.

• Oral routeYou may take this medicine with or without food. Taking this medicine with food may help reduce nausea.

• Missed dose: Regular tablet: Skip the missed dose, and take your next dose as usual. Do not take extra medicine to make up for a missed dose. Extended-release tablet: If it is less than 12 hours since your missed dose, take the missed dose as soon as you remember and take your next dose at the normal time. If it is more than 12 hours since your missed dose, skip the missed dose and take your next dose at the normal time.

• Read and follow the patient instructions that come with this medicine. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions.

• Take your medicine as directed. Your dose may need to be changed several times to find what works best for you.

• Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light.

• Swallow the extended-release tablet whole. Do not crush, break, or chew it.

What to do if you miss a dose of Pramipexole

Pramipexole contraindications

• This medicine is not right for everyone. Do not use it if you had an allergic reaction to pramipexole.

Pramipexole warnings

• Seeing, hearing, or feeling things that are not really there

• Twitching or muscle movements you cannot control, tremors, problems with balance or walking

• Keep all medicine out of the reach of children. Never share your medicine with anyone.

• Your doctor will check your progress and the effects of this medicine at regular visits. Keep all appointments.

• This medicine may make you dizzy or drowsy. It may even cause you to fall asleep without warning while you drive, talk, or eat. Do not drive or do anything that could be dangerous until you know how this medicine affects you. Stand up slowly if you feel dizzy or lightheaded.

• Do not stop using this medicine suddenly. Your doctor will need to slowly decrease your dose before you stop it completely.

• Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you have kidney disease, low blood pressure, a sleep disorder, or dyskinesia (trouble with muscle control).

• This medicine may cause the following problems:Low blood pressureHallucinationsUrges to gamble, spend money, binge eat, have sex, or engage in other compulsive behaviorsAn increased risk for skin cancer

• Muscle pain, stiffness, tenderness, or weakness

Pramipexole interactions

• Some medicines can affect how pramipexole works. Tell your doctor if you are using the following: amantadine, cimetidine, diltiazem, levodopa, metoclopramide, quinidine, quinine, ranitidine, thiothixene, triamterene, or verapamila phenothiazine medicine (such as chlorpromazine, perphenazine, promethazine, prochlorperazine, thioridazine)

• Tell your doctor if you use anything else that makes you sleepy. Some examples are allergy medicine, narcotic pain medicine, and alcohol.

• Tell your doctor if you are using any medicine that makes you sleepy, such as allergy medicine or narcotic pain medicine.

• Do not stop using this medicine suddenly. Your doctor will need to slowly decrease your dose before you stop it completely.

• Your doctor will check your progress and the effects of this medicine at regular visits. Keep all appointments.

• Keep all medicine out of the reach of children. Never share your medicine with anyone.