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I supplement Baclofen (140 mg daily) with a
Catapres patch. The generic name for it is
Clonidine. It is a very effective alpha II sympathetic blocker, primarily
used to treat pain and high blood pressure.
One of the little known effects is improvement in spasticity. Ask yor
Dr.
Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do!
Billy
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Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 1:21
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Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: [QUAD-L]
Restless Leg Syndrom
Very interesting. Thank you.
On 9/28/05, Ol' Man
River <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
While waiting for my neuro the other
day (making sure he and I are on the same page for when SSDI calls) I saw a
flier about RLS. It described leg twitching and jerking after one goes
to bed. My neuro offered a few different sample drugs for RLS saying
he doubted they would have any effect but he said, "what the hell?"
He's an older guy and I really like him - he's willing to try anything under
close supervision. He admits he doesn't know all the answers.
The 1st time he saw me he walked backwards down the hall watching me push my
manual chair - and then did a few tuning fork touch tests before he said,
"it's easy to see that the only thing keeping you going is your will
power. For my money, you are completely disabled and can't work a 40
hour a week job." (My get-out-of-jail-free card.) The 1st
one he gave me is Mirapex 0.25 mg, and it seems to work GREAT!!.
My legs are ! VERY quiet at night now and even less jumpy during the
daytime. This drug evidently increases dopamine in the brain
which affects random excess motor neural activity. --> http://www.mirapex.com/C/index.asp
I am REALLY happy with Mirapex and
thought maybe any of you with similar symptoms might like to give it a
try.
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