Restless Legs Syndrome Treatment

The condition is typically treated with lifestyle changes and medication.

Restless legs syndrome (RLS)在休息时，使人们在双腿上感到不舒服或不愉快的感觉。

These sensations are often described as crawling, burning, or pulling, among other descriptions.

令人不愉快的感觉迫使人们移动或摩擦双腿以减轻症状，这通常在晚上更糟。

剩下的RLS可以降低一个人的质量和睡眠量 - 最终会影响他们集中精力，在日常活动中表现和学习能力的能力。

Some people with RLS further develop mood swings,depression, or other health problems.

There's no cure for RLS. But if you have the disorder, lifestyle changes and medication can help improve your quality of life.

The goals of RLS treatment are to prevent or relieve symptoms, improve sleep, and correct underlying conditions or habits that trigger or worsen RLS symptoms.

生活方式改变和家庭疗法

If you have mild RLS, lifestyle changes may be the only treatment you need.

您可以通过以下方式尝试防止RLS症状

• Avoiding (or limiting your intake of) caffeine, tobacco, andnicotine, which are common triggers of RLS symptoms
• Making sure you're getting enough iron in your diet or by taking supplements (some studies have linked iron deficiency to RLS)
• Reviewing your medications with your doctor and possibly changing medications that may be triggering RLS
• Exercising regularly
• 当您必须保持坐姿时

Other activities can help alleviate RLS symptoms, including:

• Taking a hot or cold bath
• Using heat or ice packs
• Walking or stretching
• 按摩你的腿
• Doing mentally challenging tasks

To help you fall and stay asleep, it's also important to adopt good sleep habits, including:

• Keeping your sleeping area cool, quiet, and dark
• 睡前从事精神挑战或分心的活动，例如填字游戏
• 从您的睡眠区删除可以破坏睡眠的设备，例如电视，计算机和电话
• Sticking to a sleep routine (going to bed and waking up at the same time every day)
• Using breathing exercises or other techniques to relax at night

Medications for RLS

如果您的RLS中等至重度RL，生活方式的改变可能不足以解决您的症状。您可能还需要服药。

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved three drugs to treat moderate to severe RLS:

• 水平（加巴喷丁enacarbil), an antiseizure and pain-relieving medication
• Mirapex (pramipexole），鼓励活动dopamine，一种有助于脑控制肌肉运动的化学物质
• 要求（ropinirole盐酸盐），一种与Mirapex有效的药物，通常用于治疗帕金森氏病
• Neupro (rotigotine), which is administered by a patch

As with any drug, these medications can have side effects — most commonly sedation, nausea, and dizziness, with the potential to cause you to fall asleep quickly and suddenly.

Mirapex and Requip may also cause obsessive or compulsive behaviors.

As an alternative or in addition to the above drugs, your doctor may prescribe other medication, including:

• Other dopamine-related medication, such as levodopa
• 其他毒药，例如carbamazepine(Tegretol, Carbatrol, Equetro) or valproate
• Opioids, such ascodeine, propoxyphene, oroxycodone
• Benzodiazepines(sedatives), such asAmbien(zolpidem),Lunesta(eszopiclone），或奏鸣曲（zaleplon)