Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Does anyone know if doctors actually get kickbacks from the drug companies when they write prescriptions for the currently-promoted drugs? I've heard people say this in the past, but I've never known if it was true. I want to know this so I can know whether drugs are being offered to me because they...

I will tell you something. It is aweful lonely in the middle of the night for a rls person. You just want someone to take away the feeling. Now there's a simple, honest, and absolute truth. I had to go unmedicated last week for almost a week, and I was in deep despair and loneliness as I thrashed a...

Not 100% related, but since it's sort of part of this sequence, I mentioned over yonder what happened when I stopped taking the Ultram due to concerns with hypertension:

http://bb.rls.org/viewtopic.php?p=24522#24522

My own (what I think was) ultram withdrawal... Due to a growing sense of having hypertension after taking my ultram in the evening, I decided not to take it last night. I had been thinking that because I was taking such a small dose (25mg), this shouldn't be a big deal. However, I wasn't thinking it...

So here's the latest. I had sent my doctor email telling him I was wary of using suboxone because of the potential connotations to other doctors and interference with either the prescription or efficacy of painkillers for my occasional back problems. I can't afford not to be able to take vicodin whe...

I'm actually declining the suboxone. The maker's own site says it's only indicated for opioid withdrawal. In fact, by law, a doctor can only have 100 patients using suboxone at one time. It's basically the new methadone, except you can get it from a doctor instead of a clinic. I know doctors can pre...

Okay, so with the daily headaches from the Ultram, and growing evidence that my burning tongue is also due to the Ultram (reduced dose = reduced burning tongue), I asked my guy for an alternative. (I was actually otherwise pretty happy with the Ultram and I don't mean to scare anyone off of it. Your...

Tramadol/Ultram (not Ultram ER) - Makes pale patterns and splotches inside my eyelids in the dark. Pretty benign, not much different from pressing gently on your eye through your eyelids. - Seems to give me periodic warm fuzzies of the literal, physical kind... not the emotional kind, though I feel ...

Ultram contraindicates other narcotics on its warning leaflet. I'm not sure how over-zealous that might be, though. Zach: So ultram won't work for drug holidays? It'd be a shame to be stuck on ultram, as I currently am, and not be getting a holiday out of it. _________________ Disclaimer: I often ta...

Ah, you know, I just don't know. I've read everything I can find. There are tons of things that can cause it, but it rarely gets a proper diagonosis and so there's actually very little useful information. It could be... - diabetes (my blood tests are normal) - brain tumor (thank god I just had a nor...

And now I've developed what's apparently called "burning mouth," which is similar to how one's mouth feels after burning it on pizza. It can last years, or forever, though apparently the lucky two thirds of the population will have partial remission by the sixth or seventh year. This is just turning...

Aff-- I'm sure you're fine taking magnesium citrate, though as indicated, you might be able to get it for less money. The point is not that you'll necessarily have side effects, or even that they'd necessarily be major, but rather that the claim of no side effects is obviously untrue, and therefore ...

Oh, and they're also charging triple what magnesium citrate powder usually costs.

Here's another hint and a half... One of their "top three" supposed remedies is simply magnesium citrate. The info page claims, "Side Effects: None." However, that's not true at all: Quoting m: What side effects may I notice from receiving magnesium citrate? Side effects that you should report to yo...

And, if nothing else, thanks for deleting all the the stupid botspam. That alone is a great boon.