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Articles in English - 2

Compulsive gambling with extreme losses28. februar 2007
A new Mayo Clinic study is the first to describe this compulsive gambling in RLS patients who are being treated with medications that stimulate dopamine receptors in the brain. The Mayo Clinic report appeared i Læs mere.

PRAMIPEXOLE (PPX) TREATMENT RAPIDLY IMPROVES PATIENT25. august 2006
Pramipexole (PPX) has been shown to be effective in several multicenter clinical trials in restless legs syndrome (RLS).  Læs mere.

Pramipexole Relieves Symptoms of Restless Legs Syndrome15. december 2005
New data, reported for the first time at this year’s European Federation of Neurological Societies Annual Meeting in Athens, Greece, support the efficacy and safety of Boehringer Ingelheim’s dopamine agonist pr Læs mere.

Prevalence, severity and risk factors in Denmark and Norway6. november 2005
This study indicates that there is a high occurrence of RLS among adults. Main predictors are insomnia and periodic limb movements in sleep.  Læs mere.

New data confirm pramipexole relieves symptoms and significa23. september 2005
The latest results from the large, double-blind, placebo-controlled European study in 345 patients have shown that pramipexole is highly effective in reducing the severity of RLS symptoms, over a six-week perio Læs mere.

Diagnosis and treatment of restless legs. March, 20053. september 2005
The term "restless legs syndrome" was coined by Swedish neurologist Karl Ekbom in 1944. Fifty years later, the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group published criteria for the definition, diagnosis,  Læs mere.

Restless Legs Syndrome Often Undiagnosed5. juli 2005
81 percent of the RLS sufferers reported talking with a primary-care doctor about their symptoms, only 6.2 percent said they'd been given a diagnosis of RLS. Many were diagnosed with poor circulation, arthritis Læs mere.

June 1, 2005. An Introduction to Restless Legs Syndrome3. juni 2005
RLS, a distressing sensory motor disorder with some known biological causes, can be diagnosed and usually effectively treated in primary care with referral to a sleep specialist or neurologist when needed for d Læs mere.

The Initiation Of A Phase 2b Clinical Trial Of XP1351224. marts 2005
XP13512 is a Transported Prodrug(TM) of gabapentin, a drug that has been sold by Pfizer Inc as Neurontin(R) since 1993. Læs mere.

Newron Pharmaceuticals Completes Pilot Study of RLS23. februar 2005
Milan, Italy – January 11, 2005 – Newron Pharmaceuticals SpA, a research and development company focused on novel CNS therapies, announced today that treatment with its investigational new drug, Safinamide Læs mere.

European Survey Demonstrates Critically Low RLS Awareness6. november 2004
The RLS (restless legs syndrome) awareness survey was devised to assess the level of RLS awareness and familiarity of RLS symptoms among the general population in five European countries: France, Great Britain, Læs mere.

Study Presented of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN)25. oktober 2004
Results from a large-scale, randomized, double-blind study show Mirapex®/ Sifrol® (pramipexole) provides rapid relief in patients with restless legs syndrome RLS Læs mere.

Permax®Pergolid Helpful for Restless Legs Syndrome23. september 2004
Pergolide is safe and effective for at least 12 months for the treatment of restless legs syndrome (RLS), according to the results of a randomized, prospective, longitudinal trial in the April 27 issue of Neuro Læs mere.

Stories about Restless Legs from the Boston Globe Newspaper5. november 2003
"Of all the disorders affecting sleep, this is the one that produces the most chronic sleep loss, year after year," said psychologist Richard Allen of the Center for the Study of Restless Legs at Johns Hopkins Læs mere.

Treatment with standard and sustained-release levodopa:10. oktober 2003
Trenkwalder C, Seidel VC, Kazenwadel J, Wetter TC, Oertel W, Selzer R, Kohnen R. Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Goettingen, Germany. Læs mere.

C A S E R E P O R T13. september 2003
A 54-year-old female patient with severe pain and tingling in her legs for over 20 years. Læs mere.

Benzodiazepines in the treatment of Restless Legs30. august 2003
The benzodiazepines Clonazepam, Temazepam, Diazepam and Triazolam is often prescribed for the treatment of RLS. Læs mere.




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Restless Legs Syndro-me is a life-long con-dition for which there is no cure.

Symptoms may gradually worsen with age, and their most disabling feature is the sleep onset insomnia they cause, which can be severe.
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Occasional growing pains are nothing to worry about, but growing pains every night may be restless legs syndrome.

Dr Suresh Kotagal, Mayo Clinic
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