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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:17 PM Original message |
Whatever happened to Restless Leg Syndrome? |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. What ever happened to it? I still have it -- have had it for years |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. I have it too... |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:50 PM Original message |
Check the link I posted below |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. I saw that and thanks... |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Have you checked out this option (organic) |
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left on green only (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 02:21 AM Response to Reply #25 |
56. What Can I Do For Chokehold Arm Syndrome? |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. I've had it for a couple decades and am experiencing it at this very moment. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. my mother had it so badly that if she lay down her legs and arms |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #52 |
66. Many people don't know |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 05:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
62. Here's a weird one, |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nice privilege. |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. +1 |
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IcyPeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. my mother's had it long before there was even a name for it. |
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grilled onions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've Still Got It |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Please, no offense to you and number 2 |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. I've had it all my adult life. Long before the drug existed. |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. I Think |
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freeplessinseattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #39 |
63. Exactly what I was thinking |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
54. There are just as many ailments as there used to be, only now, they all have proper names. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think the idea is to re-patent a drug whose patent is to expire |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. I kicked it. n/t |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. I agree that these drug ads are aggrevating, as well as |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. Try soap between the sheets |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. That's incredible. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Been replaced with the new Disease Of The Month-whatever it is now. |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. I seem to recall that when they starting letting the drug |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 02:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
57. There are two kinds of these ads |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #57 |
69. Makes sense. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. Why anyone would take these drugs with all the stated side effects |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Uh, because they're desperate for SLEEP? |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. It ought to be illegal for drug manufacturers to advertise to consumers. |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Would you apply the same law to makers of homeopathic/"natural" "medicine"? |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
50. Quack remedies should be tested the same way |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. No kidding. Like they want everyone addicted to whatever new pill that comes out. |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Alright, that's one vote for information suppression |
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ellenrr (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 05:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
61. It is illegal in all countries except the US and New Zealand. |
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CC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. It is still there along with |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. It predated the drugs, actually |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
48. That would be me! My Dr wanted me to go to a sleep clinic |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
49. Tell me about it.... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. Big pharma moved onto "greener pastures" like selling drugs to make your eyelashes |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. I understand one needs to |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. Couldn't sell enough pills so the advertisements went away. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
64. Or, created enough demand for the drug to forgo the TV advertising. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. I've got it. My doc (regular md) prescribed magnesium. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. A good friend of mine has it |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm not a fan of advertisements for drugs |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. My elderly mother gets them all. If she sees an ad to treat some malady she gets it |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. Even Cialis? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. I made a huge mistake and referred her to my personal doctor about 10 years ago |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. still got it... shake legs, tighten muscles.... no drugs. nt |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
30. Whatever happened to magnesium? |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. I dealt with patients that had it for five years in a sleep lab... |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
36. It is a very real disorder. The medications you are referring to are also used for Parkinson's. |
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Scottybeamer70 (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
37. Wonder how I've managed all these years......... |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. I'm a tad younger, 63, and I don't |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. My Friend |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
43. "Ask your Doctor if Medical Advice from some TV ad is Right for You..." n/t |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
44. Wow, you think it is a MADE UP SYNDROME??? Really? Ask the millions who have it. How GOP of you! |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
46. Been dealing with it since 1990.... |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
51. Ladies and Gentlemen... Robert Klein! |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
53. I have two patients with RLS. |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
55. I heard they all joined the cast of Riverdance. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
58. Unrec for ignorance. If you are able to feel shame, now is a good time. nt |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #58 |
68. + a brazillion!! nt |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 03:00 AM Response to Original message |
59. It went that-a-way |
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freeplessinseattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
60. I definitely had it when I was a kid, 30+ years ago |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
65. My late stepfather had it--it's a real syndrome |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
67. Glad it's so easy for you to make fun of it....I have it and it adds to the things that keep |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. See post # 8 by elfin above. |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Glad it helped |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
71. Kicked&Recommended... |
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