Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Yes. My doctor put me on 2.5 mg of methadone for a month. I am now in the midst of a 3-month trial on 5 mg of methadone. It is working much better for me than the codeine, but I suspect that I will need to bump up to 7.5 mg, which is pretty typical from what I have read. One individual in the on ...

Thanks for the replies. My doctor just this week switched me from codeine to methadone. I am starting at 2.5 mg and going to try that for a month. Last night it worked pretty well for me.

Thanks Polar Bear. I am also taking 800 mg Gabapentin for neuropathy associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis, along with the codeine. It sounds like my sleep specialist started me off on a low dose of codeine (30 mg) - which appears to be common. I suspect that when I go back and see him this week he ...

Hi Steve, Thanks for the reply. I greatly appreciate the reference. It seems that methadone may be the way to go - or at least now trying 60 mg codeine. Should opiates work most every night in your experience? That is, on a consistent basis - or is it common for the benefit to be inconsistent in ...

I was recently prescribed codeine (30 mg) nightly due to the refractory nature of my symptoms. I have been on it for about a month and have a follow-up appointment with my sleep specialist in 6 days. I know that he will ask me how the codeine is working. Some nights it works great, some nights it ...