restless legs other symptoms

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately the only food I hate is bananas

 

thank you for your reply Ropinerole is prescribed and the vitamins with iron due to suggestions on this site.  You are right Ishould go back to the doc but don't have much faith (look at one as though I am lieing or barmy)

 

There is an interactions checker on the link below, you input all the drugs you are taking and it tells you of any problems, this can include, for example, food and supplements.

Is the Ropinirole prescribed for restless legs or Parkinsons?  If it is for the former, perhaps you should stop taking it and also the vitamins and see how you get on.

You ought to go back to the doctor, perhaps see a different one if that is possible.  Tell him/her that this is affecting your quality of life because you aren't able to sleep with your wife because of the RLS

Good luck Erik.

Hi was very interested when you mentioned Lansoprazole ,I am assuming that is in the same group of drugs as Omeprazole which I have taken for years. I get very back RLS and have not had a good nights sleep for years some nights no sleep at all ,I am also suffering from an anxiety disorder lately ,do you think there may be a link between your Lansoprazole and your R L S 

Hi Marilyn, yes, there is a definite link.  I did a lot of Googling and found quite a lot of info on it.  They are PPIs.  I also developed severe bloating and abdo pain and read that Lansoprazole in particular caused these problems that I developed and the average time frame, was 4 weeks.  I took it for 6 weeks.  I no longer take it.  I am not due to see the ENT guys again for about a month but I still take the Gavison Advance that they gave me to take and I have tried Ranitidine, which my GP had prescribed previously but the 150mg triggers RLS.  I have, in the past, bought some fromTesco, which is 75mg and I can take that occasionally.

I'll see if I can find the links that I was looking at and pm them to you.  It might not be immediately though!

 

Thank you am finding that link very interesting have been taking Omeprazole for approx 10 years and thanks to you have found a possible link . I will google it myself but thank you for offering to help . 

I use Google Scholar

Have you also read that PPIs can leach calcium from your bones?  It mentions the possibilty of 'fractures' near the end of the insert with Lansoprazole.  Ranitidine/Zantac doesn't have this problem.

Have you ever had a DXA scan?  Perhaps you should ask to be referred for one.

 

No have,t read that but did fracture my ankle last year when a dog ran into me ,,have been shocked by the reports on omeprazole but suffer from gastritis and do get real problems will have to find something to replace the ppi as have awful R L S and now anxiety which isn't,t helped by sleepless nights ,thank you for bringing it to my attention just knew  medication helped with stomach problems but have had to increase dose to get same relief had not had what I thought were side-effects from them

Perhaps you could try the Ranitidine instead, it doesn't leach calcium and you might be able to take it for a while before you get RLS.  I was told to take the Gaviscon Advance after every meal and before bed aswell.  I have certainly slept better, since I started the Gaviscon Advance [prescription only] and haven't taken the Lansoprazole for about a month.  

I copied this from a website.  

The Drugs link above, has a very good interactions checker on it, which you need to use

H2 blockers are generally very well tolerated. They occasionally produce abdominal pain, allergic reactions, palpitations or mood changes.

The biggest precaution one must take with H2 blockers is that they frequently interact with other medications. Before you use these drugs - even the OTC kind - you should check with your doctor to make sure they are safe for you.

How Are H2 Blockers Different from Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs)?

Both PPIs and H2 blockers suppress gastric acid secretion, but at different stages of production.. While histamine blockers block one of the first stimuli for acid production, proton pump inhibitors block the final step in the pathway of acid secretion in the stomach, resulting in greater suppression of acid.

PPIs have a delayed onset of action, while H2 Blockers begin working within an hour. PPIs work for a longer period of time; most up to 24 hours and the effects may last up to three days. H2 blockers, however, usually only work up to 12 hours.

This means that H2 blockers are most often used occasionally (when there is an acute flare-up of heartburn, for instance), while PPIs are used for longer periods of time (often, for a 2-week course of therapy) in an attempt to get a more chronic condition under control.