Call your healthcare provider if you have any of the symptoms of decreased blood pressure listed above. Changes in heart rate (decrease or increase).Requip XL may increase your blood pressure. Hallucinations and other psychotic-like behavior.Requip and Requip XL can decrease or increase your heart rate. Requip and Requip XL can cause or worsen psychotic-like behavior including hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that are not real), confusion, excessive suspicion, aggressive behavior, agitation, delusional beliefs (believing things that are not real), and disorganized thinking. The chances of having hallucinations or these other psychotic-like changes are higher in people with Parkinson’s disease who are taking Requip or Requip XL or taking higher doses of these drugs. If you have hallucinations or any of these other psychotic-like changes, talk with your healthcare provider. Requip and Requip XL may cause uncontrolled sudden movements or make such movements you already have worse or more frequent. Tell your healthcare provider if this happens. The doses of your anti-Parkinson’s medicine may need to be changed. Some patients taking Requip or Requip XL get urges to behave in a way unusual for them. If you notice or your family notices that you are developing any unusual behaviors, talk to your healthcare provider.Įxamples of this are an unusual urge to gamble, increased sexual urges and behaviors, or an uncontrollable urge to shop, spend money, or eat. Increased chance of skin cancer (melanoma).People with Parkinson’s disease may have a higher chance of getting melanoma. It is not known if Requip and Requip XL increase your chances of getting melanoma. You and your healthcare provider should check your skin on a regular basis. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you notice any changes in your skin such as a change in the size, shape, or color of moles on your skin.
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