ISBN: | 978-5-5113-0654-4 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ropinirole (INN; trade names Requip, Ropark, Adartrel) is a non-ergoline dopamine agonist. It is manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Cipla and Sun Pharmaceutical. It is used in the treatment of Parkinson`s disease. Ropinirole is one of three medications approved by the FDA to treat Restless Legs Syndrome, the other two being pramipexole (Mirapex) and gabapentin enacarbil (Horizant). The discovery of the drug`s utility in RLS has been used as a successful example of drug repurposing.