Finally, A Treatment for Restless Leg Syndrome
Most people who suffer from restless leg syndrome are tormented each night through this severe pain and leg motion. Drug companies want you to believe that they have a cure, but a simple look at the headlines will show what many restless leg sufferers are scared of:
Mirapex: “Patients taking certain medicines to treat Parkinson’s disease or RLS, including Mirapex… have reported problems with gambling, compulsive eating, and increased sex drive.”
Requip: “Impulse control symptoms, including compulsive behaviors such as pathological gambling and hypersexuality, have been reported in patients treated with dopaminergic agents.”
It’s no wonder that people who suffer from RLS are now searching the Internet for a solution to this problem. Of course, as with anything else, there is an abundance of mis-information available online regarding this subject as well.
For example, one common Internet myth is that cutting salt out of your diet will cure the problem. In reality, your body needs salt to stay alive! An eight-year study in New York City on people with high blood pressure found those on low-salt diets had more than 4X as many heart attacks as those on normal-sodium diets. (Study by Dr. Jeffrey R. Cutler, 1995)
Another common Internet “cure” recommend having your iron levels tested, or taking magnesium supplements. While iron and magnesium may help if you have secondary RLS, they won’t help if you have primary RLS–the most widespread condition.
You may have resigned yourself to a lifetime of drugs or tiresome leg cramps. Since natural cures can not be patented by drug companies these natural cures are not profitable for them. They do not spend money researching them and do not promote them. Drug companies are required by law to make a profit, and are not required by law to make drugs that help people. This shocking fact is not common knowledge.
Many of the treatments that the drug companies offer are Band-Aids, masking symptoms, while the real problem is never addressed. Think VIOXX to treat arthritis. Premarin to treat menopausal symptoms. Insulin might be wonderful . . . but it treats high blood sugar not the underlying cause of diabetes!
You can have relief without drugs, using natural methods. You just have to take the time to educate yourself about which methods work and which ones don’t. The Internet is a great place for research, and RLS cures abound. If you want the real deal, keep reading.
