Can dopamine be purchased over the counter?

What mgs are in whatever med you are taking? We are all assuming that you take Requip but that may not be the case. We can't guess the mgs of the pill, however.

Requip (ropinirole) is a dopamine agonist which is not the same thing as taking "dopamine". A dopamine agonist works by activating the dopamine receptor pathways by binding to the DA receptors but it is not converted to dopamine. Which DA receptor a product will bind to depends upon the medication.

Requip is a non-ergot derived drug (this is probably a good thing) which you can take with the dopaminergics (L-dopas) which do cross the blood brain barrier and are converted to the neurotransmitter dopamine which cannot itself cross the BBB.

Here's a site which claims not to require a prescription but the cost is high and if you actually buy from them or any other site which does not require a prescription, you will have no idea of the safety of the pills you buy.

http://www.rxnorx.com/order-requip-online-no-rx-ne...

Not knowing the dosage you take, I have no idea if this would be considered a bargain - looks expensive to me.

If you want a less expensive way of stimulating dopamine, why not learn to cook with fava beans (velvet beans, mucuna puriens) a natural source of levadopa and a part of ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years. You're going to have to read all of the recipes and learn to do it properly because there is far less control here than just taking a pill but in the end you can probably bring the price down to a reasonable figure although I'm not sure it would be less than $0.25 a pill.

http://www.parkinson.org/Page.aspx?pid=459

You can buy mucuna puriens in capsule form but I have no idea how much of the plant you are actually getting this way, whether it is actually effective in this form, nor the dosage you would need.

http://www.swansonvitamins.com/SWH119/ItemDetail?S...

You're not going to find meds for RLS on the discount generic list.

Have you added strong antioxidants to your regimen to help? Certainly another area to explore. And in terms of alternative or complementary medicine/treatments, take a look at this entire set of Yahoo answers on a similar RLS topic:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200808...

Make no mistake, children as young as 2 years old have been diagnosed with PD or Parkinsonism. There are other reasons for the degeneration of dopamine production in the brain. Oddly enough some of the things which delay onset of Parkinson's can be triggers in RLS.

Have you been diagnosed with an iron deficiency? Often correcting that can result in symptom relief if you are anemic.

Take a look at this site as well:

http://www.holisticonline.com/Remedies/Sleep/sleep...

Lastly, since you know the mgs of what you take and we don't, why not run it through this price checker:

http://www.pharmacychecker.com/Strength.asp?drugId...

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I assume you are taking generic requip which is a dopamine-agonist. And no, they are not available over the counter. But if your income is low you may be able to get Requip free from Glaxo SmithKline who makes them. They offer a program that helps people without insurance get their medications. Check out their website or ask your doctor. They usually have the necessary forms.

That's a good question and I hope you find valuable answers

no it is by prescription only