Dental Anaesthetic Aggravate RLS??

[Retiredlady]

I had a root canal treatment yesterday and my RLS seems 1000s times worse.

My usual 250mcg Buprenorphine didn’t work and I had to take 30mg Codeine/paracetamol for dental pain which as expected only helped for 5-6 hours.

So desperate this morning I have just taken another .2 Buprenorphine as I seriously need a few hours sleep so I can function today.

Last time I took an extra Buprenorphine my bp crashed so we will see what happens!

My question is has anyone else’s RLS got way worse after dental anaesthetic??

[Madlegs1]

Ask them to not use the adrenaline next time. ?

[Retiredlady in reply to Madlegs1]

Thanks, is that what’s commonly used by dentists? Have u had a similar reaction?

Would there be an alternative though?

I will contact dentist and check.

[Madlegs1 in reply to Retiredlady]

It is used by some dentist to make the normal anaesthetic a bit stronger.I get a reaction from it, so now my dentist doesn't use it on me.

There are different anaesthetics they use , so well worth having a chat about what choices you have.

Good luck.

[Yorkie111 in reply to Retiredlady]

I have had several dental procedures in the past 2 years and find that my RLS disappears for about 3 weeks after the procedures. My RLS also disappears after minor surgical procedures.