Also, here is their page on drug therapy.
http://www.rls.org/phara.htm
John
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> From: SHIGETTE(AT)aol.com
> To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> Subject: HELP! Need the name of med for restless legs
> Date: Monday, October 19, 1998 10:56 AM
>
> Help... My girlfriend,who has Lupus like I do--(but not TM as in my
case), is
> in the hospital on dialysis with a bacterial infection... Recently she
started
> shaking terribly...The shaking used to be just in her legs, but now it
has
> traveled to her arms and trunk....Today the docs have RX'd Psych drugs to
> quiet her nerves, thinking that would stop the shaking... but that is NOT
her
> problem...She is a shrink herself and married to a shrink! I've known
her for
> years and I'm certain she has not lost her mind! I just spoke to her
minutes
> ago, and I'm certain the attending has made a serious miscalculation.
>
> Could anyone help me with the name of the drug that helps to calm the
restless
> legs syndrome?.... I know I have seen it before, but just can't remember
the
> name of it.....Also, is this a new drug, or has it been around for quite
some
> time?... Would you also know what family of drugs it is in, as she has
many
> many drug allergies?
> I feel so helpless, as the docs are telling her she just needs to relax
and it
> is not caused by anything but her own anxiety...Don't ya just love this?
The
> doctors answer to questions they don't have answers for! To top it off,
they
> have called in a team of shrinks to evaluate her condition. She is angry
that
> no one is hearing her... I can't blame her. I'd be furious!
>
> I'm certain our internist would prescribe the "restless" drug for her, if
he
> only knew what it was, as he is very openminded to suggestions, and
> understands our disease is something that ya have to "practice medicine"
on.
> Additionally, he is NOT the one who ordered the new battery of psych
tests...
> Would you believe it is a new doctor that has been on her case for all of
3
> weeks, because her doctor of 15 years has stopped doing hospital
visits?!...
> AMAZING!
>
> Thank you for any help you can give me on this... As I know she and her
> husband are hungry for answers to this syndrome.
>
> Janie