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What Medication Could Be Taken For Restless Legs Syndrome Or Akathisia While On Mythlphendate And Ocycodone?

My son is going through some great depresssion and is on 2 medications Mythlphendate and Ocycodone and now he has developed eith restless legs sydrom or His Dr. thinks it is Akathisia. . I would desperately want to know what he can take for this condition. The medication he is on now for this does not seem to be working. I don't know the name of this medcation. He is 45 years old and been on the above medicine for 2 years.
Wed, 22 Jan 2014
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Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

I have noted the symptoms of your 45-year old son, and I can understand his discomfort on account of these symptoms.

For restless legs syndrome, medications that are helpful, include pramipexole and ropinirole, both are dopamine agonists.

If the symptoms are due to side effects of drugs, then, trihexiphenidyl, an anticholinergic agent, may be helpful.

Please discuss these therapeutic options with your son's doctor.

I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.

Wishing you good health,

Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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What Medication Could Be Taken For Restless Legs Syndrome Or Akathisia While On Mythlphendate And Ocycodone?

Hi, Thank you for posting your query. I have noted the symptoms of your 45-year old son, and I can understand his discomfort on account of these symptoms. For restless legs syndrome, medications that are helpful, include pramipexole and ropinirole, both are dopamine agonists. If the symptoms are due to side effects of drugs, then, trihexiphenidyl, an anticholinergic agent, may be helpful. Please discuss these therapeutic options with your son s doctor. I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information. Wishing you good health, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in