Response to opioids in three patients with restless legs syndrome
Authors:
- P T TrzepaczPTP T Trzepacz
- E J VioletteEVE J Violette
- M J SateiaMSM J Sateia
- 1 August 1984
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 141 (8) , 993-995
Abstract
Three patients with restless legs syndrome, two of whom also had nocturnal myoclonus, responded well to treatment with low doses of opioids. The pathophysiology of the syndrome and the mechanism of opioids' therapeutic action are discussed.Keywords
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