Ropinirole

Ropinirole (inn; trade names requip, repreve, ronirol, adartrel) is a dopamine agonist of the non-ergoline class of medications.it is used in the treatment of parkinson's disease and restless legs syndrome (rls). Ropinirole is one of three medications approved by the fda to treat rls, the other two being pramipexole (mirapex) and gabapentin enacarbil (horizant). The discovery of the drug's utility in rls has been used as an example of successful drug repurposing.ropinirole is prescribed for mainly parkinson's disease, rls and extrapyramidal symptoms. It can also reduce the side effects caused by selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, including parkinsonism syndrome as well as sexual dysfunction and erectile dysfunction caused by either ssris or antipsychotics.