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Prescribed medication Nd RLS

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Does anyone know which sleeping tablets and pain killers make RLS worse? After fairly major surgery I was given sleeping tablets in the hospital and was up all night walking around with terrible RLS. I was prescribed amitriptyline to take home and it definitely aggravated the RLS.

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Unfortunately amitriptyline is not tolerated by those suffering with RLS. 99% of RLS patients find it makes their symptoms much worse.

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rls-uk.org

There should be a list of medications to avoid in there somewhere.

Good luck.

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This is a list of meds to avoid and safe alternatives from rls.org, the US foundation.

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Amitriptyline made my RLS 1000% worse. My old neurologist seemed surprised but it's listed as a problem on every RLS help site.

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