restless leg treatment with levodopa
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:47 am
I have heard a lot speak of restless leg issues. I came across this while looking into levodopa for tremor.
http://jnnp.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/66/5/688a... The patient was treated with 500 mg prednisolone intravenously over 5 days without any clinical effect. However, a single dose of 100 mg levodopa plus benserazide led to a dramatic improvement of the restless legs syndrome. The levodopa treatment was continued and resulted in complete relief.