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by jewelsong
Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:32 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: RLS Foundation hosting a Patient Symposium
Replies: 32
Views: 4179

Re: RLS Foundation hosting a Patient Symposium

Speaking of hearing about it ... will there be recordings or transcripts of the talks available afterwards on the website? For multiple reasons, I will not be able to attend.
Blessings to all of you. Reading your stories and wisdom keeps me sane with this wretched disease.
by jewelsong
Sat May 26, 2018 8:54 pm
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Refractory RLS
Replies: 10
Views: 1708

Re: Refractory RLS

I just had 500 mg Feraheme earlier this week. Medicare paid for it. It also paid for two infusions of the same iron form a week apart three years ago when my iron levels were even lower. Be aware that this is just plain Medicare. If you have a Medicare Advantage plan, the rules are set by your plan ...
by jewelsong
Sat May 12, 2018 9:28 pm
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Recent restrictions on length of opioid prescriptions
Replies: 17
Views: 2727

Re: Recent restrictions on length of opioid prescriptions

I regularly use CVS to fill my 28 day supply of methadone, without any problems. (28 days has become the new standard in at least two major medical systems in the Boston, MA area). My reading of the CVS announcement was that the 7 day limit would apply to initial prescriptions, say after surgery or ...
by jewelsong
Sun Feb 04, 2018 10:15 pm
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Published Research - General Sleep and RLS (WED)
Replies: 534
Views: 376191

Re: Published Research - General Sleep and RLS (WED)

Has anyone seen the 2017 paper by Megelin and Ghorayeb on using medical M.J. for RLS? It is listed in PubMed, but I could not access it .... Also, many, many thanks to all of you for keeping this Board going. I have spent hours on the boards reading and don’t feel so alone. But am still very discour...