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by ViewsAskew
Sat May 06, 2006 7:08 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Pharma Sticky
Replies: 39
Views: 67919

Drugs to avoid

Many drugs are known to worsen RLS. Here is a general overview. For more specific info including names of specific drugs, please go to the links provided in this post. You can read several pages of posts regarding what other have found about worsening their RLS. Antidepressants can worsen RLS, but i...
by ViewsAskew
Sat May 06, 2006 7:07 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Pharma Sticky
Replies: 39
Views: 67919

Pharma Sticky

This is the pharma sticky. This will contain information and links regarding drugs, side effects, etc.
by ViewsAskew
Fri May 05, 2006 5:30 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Just have to get this out somehow
Replies: 32
Views: 8949

Em, ditto what Jan said. You mentioned that the Klonopin helps your legs, I think. You know, it really doesn't make sense that it would help your legs and not your face if it's the same thing. I guess it could be that much worse - but the timing doesn't really make sense, either. . . Seriously - wri...
by ViewsAskew
Fri May 05, 2006 5:22 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Blood Test Results
Replies: 3
Views: 1675

I'm no doc and don't know the ranges from your lab - but seems you gotta an awful lot of LOWs written on there! I can't imagine this didn't flag anything from your doctor!!! The ferritin alone could be causing the RLS. As Jenny said - she got low and had to get transfusions - but now her RLS is gone...
by ViewsAskew
Thu May 04, 2006 5:57 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Just have to get this out somehow
Replies: 32
Views: 8949

I can't answer that; I didn't have RLS much at all when I started on it - I had severe PLMD (kicking all night). So, I never knew if it worked in the beginning. Unfortunately, a low dose of the drug caused augmentation of my very mild RLS and I ended up with daily RLS within two weeks. The doctor to...
by ViewsAskew
Thu May 04, 2006 5:44 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Mirapex-how high a dose is safe?
Replies: 10
Views: 3006

Guest, If at any time you feel that the RLS is getting worse and it is related to the medicine you are taking, please, please, please find a new doctor and get off of it. I won't bore you with the details and my intent is not to scare you, but just to give you some more information that may come in ...
by ViewsAskew
Thu May 04, 2006 5:32 am
Forum: Just Joined?
Topic: New face
Replies: 3
Views: 1231

bbrock, you've gotten some good advice; I'll add my two cents. I'd have never made it through college taking 8 Am classes! My friends thought I was crazy, but just adjusting my schedule to the RLS helped A LOT. What do you do now? Do you know much about things you can do? If you don't check out this...
by ViewsAskew
Wed May 03, 2006 8:47 pm
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Just have to get this out somehow
Replies: 32
Views: 8949

If it feels like it's worse, I wouldn't take more than a few doses. Again, I'm not a doctor, but I can't recall anyone saying their RLS got worse with a DA - maybe the side effects made it impossible to take it, or it didn't help at a low dose, but not worse. Em, hang in there. I feel so badly for y...
by ViewsAskew
Wed May 03, 2006 4:24 pm
Forum: Just Joined?
Topic: Ferritin Reminder
Replies: 2
Views: 1222

Ferritin Reminder

Someone PMed me to ask about ferritin levels. I wanted to post online so in case anyone else had the same question, they would also get an answer. I hope that my private poster isn't offended . I won't use names or log in names so as to keep it private. Researchers have found that ferritin needs to ...
by ViewsAskew
Wed May 03, 2006 4:05 pm
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Just have to get this out somehow
Replies: 32
Views: 8949

Welll. . .it seems to me that Requip takes longer to be effective than Mirapex. That's only because you have to take 3 times more of Requip than Mirapex for the same results. Some people see results the first night with either of them, but since you start low and increase it over time, it can take a...
by ViewsAskew
Wed May 03, 2006 6:22 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: pregnant and RLS, help!!! needed!!
Replies: 8
Views: 2335

You have two things that might help you. First, the algorithm. It's from the Mayo clinic and it says that opioids can be used in the treatment of RLS if the other drugs cannot be used or tolerated. Second, write to Dr Buchfurer at www.rlshelp.org - he is one of the RLS Foundation board members and a...
by ViewsAskew
Wed May 03, 2006 1:03 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Just have to get this out somehow
Replies: 32
Views: 8949

Well, the good news is that the side effects don't bother 80-% of those who take them. The other good news is that they often work at very low doses for many people. Even if it doesn't take it away completely at a very low dose, but it helps some, you'd have informtion!
by ViewsAskew
Tue May 02, 2006 10:24 pm
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Just have to get this out somehow
Replies: 32
Views: 8949

It is a tough situation. RLS still could be it, and this could just be how it's manifested in your body. I would think that dopamine agonists might give you an answer. As they are "supposed" to help everyone with RLS (though some people can't take them because of side effects), if you have RLS, they...
by ViewsAskew
Tue May 02, 2006 9:22 pm
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: The RLS plague
Replies: 15
Views: 6283

Thanks, guest! Articles like that really help us educate ourselves about what fears are real and what are overblown, and helps us educate our doctors.
by ViewsAskew
Tue May 02, 2006 3:53 pm
Forum: Just Joined?
Topic: increased muscle tone- looks like i've been working out!
Replies: 2
Views: 1042

Gosh, Daze, no clue! I can't say that has happened to me. I hope someone else will pop in with something to help you out.

Anyway, welcome!