Ropinirole Hcl
Brand names: Ropinirole Er, Ropinirole Hcl
At a glance
- Medicare prescriptions, 2024
- 2,839,140
- Medicare drug cost
- $48.7M
- Average cost per prescription
- $17.14
- Clinicians who prescribed it
- 87,907
Where it is prescribed
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What it is used for
Ropinirole tablets are a non-ergoline dopamine agonist indicated for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and moderate-to-severe primary Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). 1.1 Parkinson’s
From the FDA-approved prescribing information (label dated August 2026). Full labels on DailyMed (opens in a new tab)
Who prescribes it
- Family Medicine 34.4%
- Internal Medicine 21.8%
- Nurse Practitioners 20.8%
- Neurology 7.6%
- Physician Assistants 5.8%
- Geriatric Medicine 1.5%
- Psychiatry 1.0%
- Pulmonology 1.0%
- General Practice 0.9%
- Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners 0.8%
- Pain Medicine 0.7%
- Nephrology (Kidney) 0.5%
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Share of Medicare prescriptions written by each specialty. Select one to list its prescribers.
Trend, 2019–2024
Medicare prescriptions rose 8% from 2019 to 2024.
Biggest change by state since 2019
- Oklahoma +18%
- Arkansas +17%
- Alabama +16%
- Kentucky +16%
- Utah +15%
- California (smallest change) −5%
- Rhode Island (smallest change) −2%
From CMS’s yearly state and national Part D summaries, which count every prescriber, including those CMS leaves out of its per-clinician data (fewer than 11 prescriptions). That is why these totals are higher than the count at the top of this page. Prescriptions include refills.
What it looks like
Pills from 1 maker on file. The same medicine can look different depending on who made it, so check the imprint (the letters and numbers on the pill) with your pharmacist if a refill looks different.
Bionpharma Inc.
| Strength | Looks like | Imprint |
|---|---|---|
| 0.25 mg | white oval tablet, 9 mm | 105 RH |
| 0.5 mg | yellow oval tablet, 9 mm | 106 RH |
| 1 mg | green oval tablet, 9 mm | 107 RH |
| 2 mg | pink oval tablet, 9 mm | 110 RH |
| 3 mg | purple oval tablet, 9 mm | 112 RH |
| 4 mg | brown oval tablet, 9 mm | 114 RH |
| 5 mg | blue oval tablet, 9 mm | 115 RH |
Source: DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine), from each maker’s FDA drug listing. A few makers are shown, not every one. Never take a pill you can’t identify; ask a pharmacist.
Industry payments about this drug
No industry payments to clinicians named this drug in 2025.
Recalls and shortages
Not on the FDA drug shortage list.
1 recall since 2020
- Feb 2023 · Accord Healthcare, Inc. · Class II
CGMP Deviations: recalling drug products following an FDA inspection.
Recalls usually affect specific lots from one maker, not every version of a drug. Class I is the most serious; most drug recalls are Class II. FDA recalls (opens in a new tab)
Sources: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug (2024; prescriptions include refills, and CMS hides counts under 11 per prescriber); U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA (drug labels, NDC directory, enforcement reports, drug shortages); CMS Open Payments 2025; ClinicalTrials.gov. General information only, not medical advice; not yet reviewed by our medical reviewer.