Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

This info was copied/pasted from www.rlshelp.org 2) Multiple Sclerosis Medication Lioresal (Baclofen) This drug is used as a muscle relaxant and anti-spasm medication. It is used in MS to alleviate muscle spasms and the resultant pain. Lioresal was found in one study to decrease the arousals from PL...

m Restless-Leg Syndrome For the estimated 3% of people who experience the prickly, twitchy, downright creepy sensation of restless-leg syndrome (RLS), there is a bit of welcome news. Icelandic researchers studied nearly 1,000 RLS subjects and their family members and traced uncontrolled limb movemen...

Listed below are the symptoms for Mono. Note the one for aching muscles, could this be why you thought Mono was affecting your rls, were you experiencing more pain in your legs, if so it could have just been the aching muscles caused by mono. _________________________________________________________...

I have never taken Lyrica, but I would think it would be like any other drug, you would simply decrease the amount you take each day, since you have gone from 2 to 1 per day, I would probably wait a day or so and then cut that one in half and go from there, being VERY CAREFUL as to how you react to ...

hmmmmm this is one time I should not have trusted my info recall. *L* I went to re read the anxiety med information and it seems the only problem would be some causing being sleepy during the day. I sure learned my lesson..*L* Sorry about the misinformation I posted about anxiety meds!!!!!

moonlight, I should research this before posting, but I havent. I think by taking less anxiety tablets might be helping your rls, it seems that I have read that some anxiety tablets can increase rls. You might wish to research this to make sure, because if that is the case you might need to talk wit...

Mesolo, When I saw your post about eating COW just a couple of times and it curing your RLS, I was shocked! Like Betty I have had rls all my life and for over 30 yrs I walked the floor nightly living on 2-4 hrs of sleep, as hard as it was I continued living life as best I could, I was the one who di...

Moss, I copied/pasted this info from www.rlshelp.org/rlsrx.htm (which is the So. CA RLS support group web site. Listed below are all the pain meds used to treat RLS. Dilaudid hydromorphone is discussed in this listing, Hope this will be of some help to you. __________________________________________...

I have had RLS for over 34 yrs and yes RLS is RLS, but there are different degrees of RLS, some nights mine starts our very mild, same symptoms, but just not so strong, IF I do not get meds taken, I can assure you my RLS will become stronger and stronger to the point its very very hard to handle. I ...

To the person who eats alot of ice cream, you need to research ice cream and rls, many of us RLSer's have learned that eating ice cream can set off our RLS or make it more intense.

Ok I found the article it was on the rls support message board I have copied/pasted it from that message board. Thursday, November 22, 2007 1 in 4 Chronic Pain Patients Has Vitamin D Deficiency, Which Can Worsen Pain Vitamin D deficiency has been known for a while to be common in fibromyalgia patien...

Not for sure I put this under the right title. I ran across an article yesterday about pain and Vit D. Today of course I cant find that article. So I did a search on pain and Vit D. I found this web site I thought was very informative. The other one mentioned RLS but I think those suffering from pai...

Here is a page of web links for leg pain/RLS

http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8 ... 0rls&type=

Hope you are able to find some info that will be helpful just in case you will need it next Drs visit.

Restless Legs is a movement-responsive, quiescegenic, nocturnal, focal akathisia usually present in conjunction with dysesthesia. _____________________________________________________________ Quiesscegenic--- Brought on by Rest Nocturnal--During the Night Focal-- Limited to a specific part of body A...

You actually do not have to have pain to use Pain meds to control RLS, I have no pain and I use hydrocodone and Ultram to control my RLS. As I have stated before I am lucky both my Drs agree to the pain meds over the Parkinson meds. You can find a list of ALL meds used to treat RLS at www.rlshelp.or...