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The Restless Leg Syndrome Foundation, http://www.rls.org , has a gold mine of information about RLS and its treatment. Mayo Clinic is considered one of a limited number of Centers of Excellence for RLS in the U.S.

For me daily oral iron and a low-dose medication (Pramipexole, 0.125 mg) is the combination that has kept my RLS well managed.

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I took extra Iron for a year with no results, but my new doctor said to quit after my bloodwork. No difference after quitting either. I was given Pramipexole several years ago but had a reaction to it. Several meds for RLS have given me reactions including gabapentin, ropinirole, and pregabalin. While my legs bother me at night, the worst is early evening when I just want to relax and watch TV.

I've seen several references to the RLS foundation, but when I looked at it, they wanted donations and well...guess I'm cheap as have tried so many things from people and doctors over the years that not sure I want to be solicited constantly. Not saying they would but found it interesting that the first thing I see is a pop up to donate in order to join. It's like my father in-law who has Alzheimer's and the WORST by far and I mean by far was the Alzheimer's foundation for soliciting. Poor dad was giving away hundreds of dollars a month due to solicitations and he has Alzheimer's and didn't realize...sometimes he was sending checks 2 or 3 times a week. My sister in-law caught it and took away his checkbook and only donated to a few organizations that dad had donated to for years. He was not only receiving calls but mail like 3 times a week after week after week. Needless to say, I stopped donating to them after all that, but it makes me wonder on the RLS foundation when the first thing on the website was wanting money.