HI, Folks, I moderate several online roups for RLS/WED, and out of about 3,000 people, most of which have refractory primary RLS, I have found 2 people that use soap in any effective manner. I was a little upset with the piece on Dr. Oz'a show. He spent 4 mins on RLS, and 2 of then were used to show how to place the bar of soap in the bed. I thought his time could have been better spent in the alotted time slot. Just my opinion, BUT.......
I would think he could have spent time on proven treatments for RLS, not something that works as sporadicaly as soap. We always say "your mileage may vary" in my yahoo groups, (one that has been "on the air" since 1997, with 1257 members now from 17 different countries) We have a chemist in our group, and he says there is no good reason why the soap should work, except the placebo effect. I am not putting down the placebo effect. Nothing wrong with it if tt actually helps you get some sleep, right?
I always say, "anything that works for YOU", since we all react differently to different treatments, meds, etc.
