PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - ,
TI  - Managing patients with restless legs
AID  - 10.1136/dtb.2003.411181
DP  - 2003 Nov 01
TA  - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
PG  - 81--83
VI  - 41
IP  - 11
4099  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/41/11/81.short
4100  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/41/11/81.full
SO  - Drug Ther Bull2003 Nov 01; 41
AB  - Estimates suggest that around 10-15% of adults have restless legs, or Ekbom syndrome.1 This condition is characterised by a range of uncomfortable and sometimes distressing motor and sensory symptoms during quiet wakefulness and/or sleep, such as feelings of burning, tickling or crawling, pain, cramping, numbness or weakness in the lower limbs, and, sometimes, also in the trunk and arms. The problem can seriously affect quality of life, yet is frequently dismissed as trivial.2 Often, it is unrecognised, incorrectly regarded as a neurosis, or managed poorly or not at all.2 Here we review how people with restless legs can best be helped.