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hi all At 12:49 1999/05/26 -0400, richard wrote: >This may be a dumb question, but what is restless leg syndrome, >and how does that relate, if at all, to other random movements >caused by PD and/or Sinemet? RLS is a movement problem separate from PD i believe it's not uncommon among parkies and it also may be treatable with some of the pd meds from what i understand it's got nothing technically to do with PD and from what else i understand it's no picnic the restlessness or twitchiness you may hear associated with PD tends to be dyskinesia = uncontrolled movements, generally caused by too high a level of levodopa in someone who has had pd for a number of years and/or has become sensitive to minute changes in dopamine levels there should be lots of mention of RLS in our archives and also on the wwweb in general look in the "words" section [for the archives] or the "links" section [for wwweb links of interest including search engines] in the "pienet" section of my web-site "a new voice" janet ------------------------------------------------------------ janet paterson 52 now 41 dx 37 onset [log in to unmask] 613-256-8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> ------------------------------------------------------------