Kathy Lund asked:




Restless Leg Syndrome medications (prescription of course) can be a tricky subject. We have tried all the self-help, lifestyle changes, and underlying cause remedies that we can. The symptoms still exist, sometimes continually throughout the day and night. Your condition has been evaluated as severe or very severe because there is much pain associated with the other bothersome symptoms of RLS. Now is the time to allow your physician to prescribe a medication for you.

There is a wide variety of medications for RLS which is why the world famous ‘trial and error’ process will need to take place. Your own individual type of RLS may not respond or you may have side effects from some medications. In condensed form, here is a list of prescription drugs used to treat RLS: