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Taking a warm bath, massaging your legs, and applying warm or cool packs can all be useful in calming RLS. Stretching, followed by exercise at a moderate level on a regular basis, and establishing good sleep habits can also make a difference. Caffeine, alcohol and tobacco may trigger RLS symptoms or make them worse. Try cutting back on these substances to see whether that decreases your symptoms.
Your diet may have an effect on RLS. Research shows that too little iron in your diet can contribute to
restless legs syndrome. If your doctor suspects this may be the case for you, he or she will likely check your blood-iron level. If it is low, eating more iron-rich foods can help. Examples include red meat, dark green leafy vegetables, beans and iron-fortified breads, cereals and pastas. Your doctor might also recommend you take an iron supplement.
If lifestyle changes are not enough, your doctor may prescribe medication to reduce leg
restlessness. they include several that affect a chemical in your brain called dopamine. Dopamine’s job is to send messages from your brain to your body that control muscle movement. to insufficient activity of dopamine in the nervous system.
Oral iron is helpful but take care of certain medications used to treat pain conditions . Use of
dopamine agonist drugs, such as
ropinirole,
pramipexole or rotigotine, may be considered when oral iron and
gabapentin have not proven effective.
Be aware that certain medications , including over-the-counter sleep aids that contain
diphenhydramine, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and anti-nausea drugs.
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