New RLS Guidelines

[Greenleaf360]

jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/j...

[SueJohnson]

Yes this has been discussed on the forum - in fact when it was just proposed as a draft and invited comments some of us did. If you put AASM Guidelines in the search bar you will see several posts.

[userotc in reply to SueJohnson]

Does everyone comply with the iron/ferritin pre-test, 24h meat fast indicated in the guidelines?NB I tried to comment about this on a related, Thyroid community post but was unable (blocked?).

[SueJohnson in reply to userotc]

Probably not but the ferritin number will be higher if they don't and not reflect the true ferritin number which is used to decode if the person needs iron supplements.

[userotc in reply to SueJohnson]

OK, thanks. The written advice on mum's NHS surgery forms advises against eating meat for 12h before. Do you think another 12h could make a difference?

[SueJohnson in reply to userotc]

It shouldn't. 12 hours should be enough or close to it.

[Madlegs1]

This is the American guidelines.

But not accepted by European committee.

Yet.

[PoorRichard]

Surprised to see this in their guidelines: "15. In adults with RLS, the AASM suggests against the use of bupropion for the treatment of RLS (Conditional recommendation, moderate certainty of evidence)."

[SueJohnson in reply to PoorRichard]

Unfortunately that is because they looked at research.

[PoorRichard in reply to SueJohnson]

What?

[SueJohnson in reply to PoorRichard]

In drafting the Guidelines they looked at research which there really isn't much on bupropion which is Wellbutrin for RLS since it is mainly an anti-depressant..

[Nelsonmonths in reply to SueJohnson]

I cannot confirm, that Bupropion has any noticeable effect on my RLS.