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Article: Restless legs syndrome: Ache that keeps you awake
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- Maryland Gazette
- Article date:
- June 28, 2006
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"Restless legs syndrome" does not sound all that serious. It
sounds like something that might lead to a career in tap-dancing.
But people with restless legs syndrome, or RLS, say it makes their
lives miserable by disturbing their sleep, ruining their leisure time
and causing a deep, aggravating pain that's hard to describe.
"It's a very, very uncomfortable ache," said Ray Garnett, 46, of
West Columbia, S.C. Mr. Garnett considers himself lucky, though. He's
one of about 20 restless-legs patients in the Columbia area who
helped test a medication that recently won federal approval for
treating the ailment. He says he has found relief after years of
wiggling, jiggling, aching, rubbing and ...