Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Yes, Beth, I am aware of the augmentation problem. So far I haven't hit an upper doseage wall with my Requip, but the trend is worrying. I feel a bit like a very amateur slueth looking for RLS/back associations when I am sure there are many experts out there with far greater knowledge than I. I am a...

So is there a possibility of a structurally based CURE for RLS? Either through surgery, physical therapy, etc. I know very well first hand the power of (in my case) Requip to manage the disease. And I cynically suspect where there is money to be made in managing a disease, there is very little money...

A recent Brazilian study in San Paolo titled 'Restless legs syndrome in subjects with a knee prosthesis: evidence that symptoms are generated in the periphery' again points to peripheral generation of some sort of signal in RLS. It appears to me to definitely be raising the question of the role of p...

The Mid-America Neiuroscience Institute surveyed their patients' medical records and found that patients with Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) and/or Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD) had a high incidence of lumbar radiculopathy. Now I presume this is statistically significant, or why would they men...

Wow, this is quite a list! If I did not suffer from this disease and know its misery, and only read about the variety of "cures" in this thread, I would swear RLS was a joke. Personally I put my faith into the scientific method and professionally managed clinical double blind trials. Of co...