Hurray! I have been trying to tell folks on these message boards about my Nidra (made by the Noctrix Company in California) for months! Now, I am not the only one!

Google Noctrix or Nidra, Laura, and it is easy to find the company. Their website has a list of doctors who know about the device and can help you get it--if you don't have a doctor well-versed in RLS treatment. I initially emailed them and corresponded with a very helpful nurse. They always have some helpful YouTubes (search under Nidra or Noctrix) showing how it works.

Medicare paid for my bands 100% (maybe because my doctor (a RLS doctor--who prescribed them)--is adapt at justifying their use?

How much of their cost did you have to pay, Ilohs?

Because this is a FDA approved, Medicare approved medical device, it can only be acquired through a prescription.

Like you--after use of the Nidra over some time, I now have symptom-free nights about 1/2 the time. I started using Nidra last April.

I avoided Requip (a dopamine agonist drug) because I read Dr Early's (Johns Hopkins' RLS expert)) website before I was treated and refused when my primary doctor tried to prescribe it. I went through the gambit of RLS drugs (all of those used except dopamine agonists) and take buprinorphine--which works well in combination with the Nidra.

The only problem I have now if I over-stretch my legs or over-exercise them. When I do this, nothing helps. So, I'm trying to learn the right amount of stretching/exercising.