Medicine guide

Pramipexole Teva

  • Prescription status not stated
  • Pain, sleep, mood, epilepsy and the brain
Active substance
Pramipexole
Made by
Teva Pharma B.V.

Quoted from the official source. Not yet reviewed by Mediclarum — the leaflet in your pack is authoritative.

What it is for

  • Pramipexole Teva is indicated for treatment of the signs and symptoms of idiopathic Parkinson's disease, alone (without levodopa) or in combination with levodopa, i.e. over the course of the disease, through to late stages when the effect of levodopa wears off or becomes inconsistent and fluctuations of the therapeutic effect occur (end-of-dose or 'on-off' fluctuations). Pramipexole Teva is indicated in adults for symptomatic treatment of moderate to severe idiopathic Restless Legs Syndrome in doses up to 0.54 mg of base (0.75 mg of salt) (see section 4.2).

From the official label · 2026-09-30 · European Medicines Agency

How it works

From the US prescribing label for the same active substance (PRAMIPEXOLE). It describes the substance, not this exact product.

Pramipexole is a non-ergot dopamine agonist with high relative in vitro specificity and full intrinsic activity at the D2 subfamily of dopamine receptors, binding with higher affinity to D3 than to D2 or D4 receptor subtypes.

Parkinson's Disease The precise mechanism of action of pramipexole as a treatment for Parkinson's disease is unknown, although it is believed to be related to its ability to stimulate dopamine receptors in the striatum.

Peak level after2 h
Half-life8 h
Mostly cleared after≈ 40 hfive half-lives — our arithmetic
PeakHalf gone40 h0
The shape is a standard model drawn from the two times above, not a measurement. How fast a medicine acts and wears off also depends on the dose, the form and the person.
How the body breaks it down

Pramipexole is metabolized only to a negligible extent (<10%).

How it leaves the body

Because approximately 90% of the recovered dose is excreted in the urine as unchanged drug, hepatic impairment would not be expected to have a significant effect on pramipexole elimination.

With food

Food does not affect the extent of pramipexole absorption, although the time of maximum plasma concentration (T max ) is increased by about 1 hour when the drug is taken with a meal.

Quoted from the prescribing label, sections “Mechanism of Action” and “Pharmacokinetics”. DailyMed · 2016-10-13

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Details

Made byTeva Pharma B.V.
Active substancePramipexole
Used inPain, sleep, mood, epilepsy and the brain
ClassificationN04BC05 · Pain, sleep, mood, epilepsy and the brain
GenericYes — a generic medicine, according to the register
Authorised on2008-12-18
Last updated by the regulator2024-09-02
EMA product numberEMEA/H/C/000940

Source: European Medicines Agency — medicine data · 2026-09-30 · not reviewed by a clinician

Source: European Medicines Agency (EMA). Product information as published by EMA. Reuse terms: EMA legal notice (reproduction authorised).

Same active substance

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